B points out that, in the absence of the factor identified by the argument as the cause, there's also an absence of the effect. This is a standard way of strengthening a causal argument.
@Pacifico @c.janson35 , I got it! Just figured out by answering the same question for another poster. The correct answer is an example of strengthening causal arguments with correlation.
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Exactly right @LoraxMan. Correlation alone can never be used to prove causation, but a strong correlation can go a long way to help strengthen an established causal relationship.
So I guess it's a mistake to just look for indicator words. Should first look at their context in relation to the sentence. As sometimes they are not activated. Yes?