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BW2/3 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

assuming

0The church forbids its member to drink anything containing alchol. Mr. Wright is a member of the church. Therefore, Mr. Wright does not knowingly drink anything containing alcohol. 02br
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00What is the author assuming in the above agrument?02br
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0 What is 01b 00your02b 00 assumption? 0-

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0 What is 01b00your02b00 assumption? 0-
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0I think it is:02br
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00What is the author's assumption?02br
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00Assumption is the connection between evidence and conclusion. 0-
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0 No, what is 01b00your02b00 assumption on what the author assumes here? 02br
00 We want to know 01b00first 02b00your assumption on what could be at work here. 02br
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00 Otherwise, it looks like homework with no work. Not fair[H]0-
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0I guess nobody sees him drinking alcohol. 02br
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00MH, I like to hear from you. 0-
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0 Perhaps the assumption is that Mr. Wright is an 01u00obedient02u00 member of the church -- or that the word 'member' was just a typo in the first sentence and should have been member01b00s02b00. 050010id38
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0No, you don't know what an assumption means, even after Clive explained it to you05002br
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00 The 01font00(false) assumption 00here00 (i.e. a false generalization or conclusion) 02font00is that church member in general (not just him) would not knowingly drink or do other bad things. 02br
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0Question:02br
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00What is the author assuming in the above agrument?02br
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01i01font00Here is my two cents:02font02i02br
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01i01font00First, Mr. Wright does drink something containing alcohol.02font02i02br
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0 Allen,02br
00Good to hear from you. The conclusion is signaled by02br
00the "Therefore." Why does Mr. Wright not drink02br
00alcohol? That question leads us to the evidence, which02br
00is that Mr. Wright is a member of the church, which02br
00forbids alcohol consumption. What must be true for the02br
00conclusion to logic

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