For Q17, is it just common sense or does it state somewhere in the passage that V. cholerae must be "awake" in order to cause cholera in humans? I picked E but changed my answer during BR because I didn't find evidence that V. cholerae was incapable of causing cholera when dormant. #help

Hey y'all - I am having so much trouble with this question if anybody can help.

AC E:

OK, sure - if one candidate spends $1 mill, then all the other candidates can also spend $1mill. But why doesn't it go the other way? If one candidate can only afford to spend $500, wouldn't everybody else be restricted to that $500? Wouldn't the allowance be on the lowest limit which then ensures equity?

AC B:

What if the upper limit is $10mill? Then one candidate would be able to spend $10 mill, while another candidate may only be able to spend a tenth of that. So how does that upper limit help?

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Same - unimpressed felt more neutral on a scale for me - like the author is not impressed but doesn't feel too strongly otherwise. I felt that exasperated, though strong, reflected the author's clear criticism of the Modernists. Wish JY addressed this further!

Thanks; this helps clears things up for me!

JY's explanation for AC C being wrong due to its comparison did not feel right to me - the conclusion itself has a comparison - "more quickly and efficiently"(the 2% vs. 3% scenario still stands here), so I was confused as to why C did not work. Your explanation makes more sense.

Seriously!! I didn't pick C for that very reason... Maybe a quality book is one that a reader enjoys and not necessarily one of "intrinsic value"

Anyone else not pick C due to very specific wording?

The answer choice stated "the end of the artist's lifetime," which I interpreted to mean towards the end of his life - aka while he was still alive. But the passage tells us that the copy was made after his death, which seemed to contradict the answer choice and hence why I went with E...

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Same here! :)

I think it's because E makes that assumption in global warming, while B makes the assumption in climatology in general, which envelopes the argument more wholly