Alphonse is the sort of guy who, if he marries a beautiful woman, will be jealous, and if he marries an ugly woman, will be discontent. Moreover, you can be sure that if he is either jealous or discontent, his marriage cannot last long. Alphonse did get married and recently celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary. What sort of a girl did he marry?
Watching too much TV may lead some to overestimate environmental risks posed to them
People are more likely to think they are susceptible to natural disasters if they watch above-average TV than those who do not
Is there any other factor that leads people to watch above-average TV?
A. Nah. Gross generalization.
B. Strengthens the argument.
C. Doesn't explain accuracy of those who watch above-average TV
D. Both groups may be well-informed
E. Obviously. Living in an area prone to natural disaster causes people to watch more TV and therefore have a reason to believe they are most susceptible to those disasters.
What is true of most is not necessarily true of all.
Close the gap between false advertisement and producer's advertisement. It must be true that the producer's advertisement is able to accurately represent what the program is like.
More trees of a common species means more competition. More competition leads to limited resources for survival. Less resources leads to less life.
Even though you improve the process of turning sewage into clean water and sewage sludge, it can still be hazardous to the environment.
They did this, and this was the result. So if you do this, you will have the same result.
In this case, you cannot claim that their hypothesis is false merely for lacking positive support. You can claim that their hypothesis is unreasonable.
Simple. If you didn't explain what makes Shakespeare different from his contemporaries then you didn't explain what is most interesting.
Seminar for building organization skills produces non-efficient, organized people
What's going on?
A. Nah. Not an explanation.
B. Nah. Seminar attendees with average OS doesn't explain discrepancy.
C. Nah. Intended audience provides no explanation
D. Nah. How come they aren't more efficient?
E. Obviously. Over the limit, preoccupation with organization detracts from productivity.
Legislature is considering allowing drilling in CSNP because the environment is unharmed when modern drilling techniques are used
Editorialist suggests that the Legislature's claim can be disproven by examining AB (a damaged environment), where drilling began 5 years ago
Strengthen by showing no advancement in technology in the past 5 years
A. Nah. That's why we care.
B. Nah. What they say has no bearing.
C. Nah. Stating this belief doesn't strengthen.
D. Obviously. No change in drilling method leads to same damaged environment.
E. Nah. We have no information about those activities to rightly discern something valuable.
ID expert argues that GIAPS leads to project failure
Columnist suggests that tools are incapable of being responsible for project failure; which means the human must be responsible
The columnist makes an assumption.
A. Nah. Only one premise.
B. Nah. Don't see this presumption.
C. Nah. Never mentions popularity.
D. Obviously. You shouldn't assume tools are incapable of leading a project to fail.
E. Nah. No personal attack made.
Markus Herman refuses to interview without prior consent for its publication
GM newspaper won't do anything that leads to editorial dishonesty
So GM won't interview Herman since
A. Obviously. Herman's request leads to editorial dishonesty.
B. Nah. First time for everything. So what.
C. Nah. Herman isn't willing.
D. Nah. Doesn't answer why GM refuses interview.
E. Nah. Motives have no bearing.
Survey that represents all new policyholders with Popelka say they saved $250 in switching
So most people can save the same amount by switching
The advertisement assumes that there are people (outside of the people who already switched) who are able to switch to Popelka
A. Nah. This makes sense and has no bearing.
B. Nah. Conclusion is still in tact.
C. Nah. That's fine.
D. Nah. That's even better.
E. Obviously. All of the people who switched could've been all of the people able to switch.