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Public health expert:

by vikkimba17 » Tue Dec 20, 2016 11:14 pm
Public health expert: Increasing the urgency of a public health message may be counterproductive. In
addition to irritating the majority who already behave responsibly, It may undermine all government
pronouncements on health by convincing people that such messages are overly cautious. And there
is no reason to believe that those who ignore measured voices will listen to shouting.
The two sections in boldface play which of the following roles in the public health expert's argument?

(A) The �rst is a conclusion for which support is provided. but is not the argument's main conclusion; the
second is an unsupported premise supporting the arguments main conclusion.

(B) The �rst is a premise supporting the only explicit conclusion; so is the second.

(Ci The �rst is the argument's main conclusion; the second supports that conclusion and is itself a conclusion
for which support is provided.

(D) The �rst is a premise supporting the argument's only conclusion; the second is that conclusion.

(E) The �rst is the argument's only explicit conclusion; the second is a premise supporting that conclusion.

pls explain this

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by DavidG@VeritasPrep » Wed Dec 21, 2016 12:33 pm
vikkimba17 wrote:Public health expert: Increasing the urgency of a public health message may be counterproductive. In
addition to irritating the majority who already behave responsibly, It may undermine all government
pronouncements on health by convincing people that such messages are overly cautious. And there
is no reason to believe that those who ignore measured voices will listen to shouting.
The two sections in boldface play which of the following roles in the public health expert's argument?

(A) The �rst is a conclusion for which support is provided. but is not the argument's main conclusion; the
second is an unsupported premise supporting the arguments main conclusion.

(B) The �rst is a premise supporting the only explicit conclusion; so is the second.

(Ci The �rst is the argument's main conclusion; the second supports that conclusion and is itself a conclusion
for which support is provided.

(D) The �rst is a premise supporting the argument's only conclusion; the second is that conclusion.

(E) The �rst is the argument's only explicit conclusion; the second is a premise supporting that conclusion.

pls explain this
Can you repost with the relevant portions bolded?
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