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Answer choices

1. A

   No Overlapping Premise Ingredient7% picked this

   Older antiques are usually the most valuable. Antique dealers generally authenticate the age of the antiques they sell, so those collectors who want the

   Most older antiques are the most valuable. Most antique dealers authenticate. Since the end of the first claim isn't the start of the second claim, we don't have a match for the original. No need to keep reading.

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2. B

   Bad Premise Match13% picked this

   Antique dealers who authenticate the age of the antiques they sell typically have plenty of antiques for sale. Since the most valuable antiques are

   Only one of the premises is a "most" claim. The other is a conditional. Most authenticators have plenty of items for sale. Most valuable item → item was authenticated We can stop reading there.

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3. C

   Correct71% picked this

   Antiques that have had their ages authenticated tend to be valuable. Since antique dealers generally carry antiques that have had their ages authenticated, those

   Why this is right

   Most dealers carry authenticated items. Most authenticated items are valuable. Since there was an overlapping idea, we would want to finish this off with something like, "So if you want a C, go for A", which would be "If you're looking for a valuable antique, go to a dealer." That's exactly what our conclusion does.

   Skill tested: Parallel · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

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4. D

   Bad Premise Match4% picked this

   Many antique collectors know that antique dealers can authenticate the age of the antiques they sell. Since antiques that have had their ages authenticated

   We wanted two "most" premises. This argument gives us one "many" premise and one conditional premise: Many collectors know that dealers authenticate. Authenticated → most valuable. Because of that structural mismatch, we can stop reading here.

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5. E

   Bad Premise Match5% picked this

   Many antiques increase in value once they have had their ages authenticated by antique dealers. Since antique dealers tend to have plenty of valuable

   We wanted two "most" premises. This gives us one "many" and one "most". That's enough reason to dislike this one, but if we dug in deeper we would see there's also no overlapping term. Most dealers have lots of valuable items. Many antiques increase value via authentication. "lots of valuable items" ≠ "increase in value via authentication. The second claim doesn't pick up where the first one left off. Let's get out of here.

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