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by gmat_perfect » Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:46 am
The term “pit bull” does not designate a breed of dog, as do the terms “German shepherd” and “poodle.” It is like the terms “Seeing-Eye dog” and “police dog,” which designate dogs according to what they do. If you take two German shepherds and place them side by side, you cannot tell by appearance alone which is the police dog and which is the Seeing-Eye dog.

Which one of the following is the main point of the passage?

(A) German shepherds can be pit bulls.
(B) Pit bulls can be distinguished from other kinds of dogs by appearance alone.
(C) A dog is a pit bull because of what it does, not because of its breed.
(D) German shepherds can function both as police dogs and as Seeing-Eye dogs.
(E) Some breeds of dogs cannot be distinguished from other breeds of dogs by appearance alone.

Paraphrase:
Pit bull does not designate to a breed. It designates dogs according to what they do.
=> It indicates that a pit bull dog is so named not for its breed but for what is does. So, C is the answer.

My confusion:

If two German Shepherds are placed side by side and if we can not differentiate them which one is police and which one seeing, then can's we conclude that German shepherds can work both as police and seeing dogs?

Experts, please give some light on it.
Thanks.
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by outreach » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:01 am
i feel the answer should be C
what is the OA?
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by martin.jonson007 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:12 am
B is the most incorrect ans.

C is correct...!
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by gmat_perfect » Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:15 am
Why is D wrong?

Any explanation for wrong option D?
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by pnk » Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:22 am
The term “pit bull� does not designate a breed of dog, as do the terms “German shepherd� and “poodle.� It is like the terms “Seeing-Eye dog� and “police dog,� which designate dogs according to what they do. If you take two German shepherds and place them side by side, you cannot tell by appearance alone which is the police dog and which is the Seeing-Eye dog.

(C) A dog is a pit bull because of what it does, not because of its breed - ans
(D) German shepherds can function both as police dogs and as Seeing-Eye dogs - this can be infered from argument...but it can't be the main point. In fact, we can infer this even when we have only the last sentence (If you take...eye dog) as argument. This option does not say anything about 'pit-bulls', which the author trying to explain and using 'german shepherds' as an example
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by nazar7ft » Sun Jun 13, 2010 11:58 am
In the first clause it said, "the pit bull is not a breed" , and it is followed by signal words “as do...” and “It is like...,” both of which are signals of evidence, examples, and analogies. Both police dogs and Seeing-Eye dogs—terms that are “like” the term “pit bull,” are of the German shepherd breed. What differentiates them is what they do. Inferably, then, a “pit bull” could be a dog of any number of breeds, because it’s a designation of what the dog does. The choice C picks up the analogy properly: If “Seeing-eye dog” and “police dog” designate dogs according to what they do, and “pit bull” is like those terms in this respect, then a dog can be designated a “pit bull” based only on what the dog does, irrespective of its breed.


Hope it helps.
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