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by ayushiiitm » Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:53 am
I went for D

ans is not D

Can anybody explain why
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by prepgmat09 » Fri Jul 23, 2010 3:18 pm
ayushiiitm wrote:I went for D

ans is not D

Can anybody explain why
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IMO E.
E explains an alternative reason why coffee has been consumed less.

D is out of scope. Increased consumption of any other drink does not explain decreased consumption of coffee.
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by ayushiiitm » Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:51 pm
I thought E is out of scope...because we never said cost are a consideration.

D suggests, alternative reason for people switching to coffee. That many people started having an alternative product

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by selango » Sat Jul 24, 2010 2:20 am
To weaken the argument,you must find alternate reason relative to the argument.

Here coffee is described.So u need to find the alternate reason based on coffee.

If the consumption of fruits juices increase,how do u know it is the reason to decrease the cofee consumption..Nowhere it is discussed.Out of scope.
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by gmatmachoman » Sat Jul 24, 2010 3:07 am
selango wrote:To weaken the argument,you must find alternate reason relative to the argument.

Here coffee is described.So u need to find the alternate reason based on coffee.

If the consumption of fruits juices increase,how do u know it is the reason to decrease the cofee consumption..Nowhere it is discussed.Out of scope.
The most common way of weakening is to identify a ALternative reason which pertains to the scope of the argument .

Always looks for scope shift that looks very attractive for a weakener. Once u see that, just cross check if that one is within the scope of the stimulus. else Discard it!
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by ayushiiitm » Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:19 pm
Thanks guys....got it.

Look for scope shift.....I forgot to take this final step before making the answer :)
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