I think the use of 'because' cannot be preferred to 'as a result of' in general, but here the meaning conveyed by the original sentence is not clear..it says the project will have to be abandoned as a result of the river becoming polluted when infact the river becoming polluted is the reason for aba...

Hi, I see the problem in B as different from the ones cited by ashwani. It says if a high school graduate has less than 100 IQ he she could not have been a student at TopNotch, which may not be the case if a less than 100IQ was a student at TopNotch but did not graduate from TopNotch. The argument o...

The answer is D by process of elimination. Negating each option and checking if the argument falls apart is the best way to deal with a tricky assumption question. (A) Universities are the only institutions that have an obligation to guarantee intellectual freedom. [there could be other institutions...

The answer is E simply because the argument talks about the contention that publishers are more interested in selling copy than in printing the truth. If publishers were not responsible for what is printed then the argument falls apart. Hence this is the obvious asumption

Please rate - Analysis of argument (first attempt)

Q: Insurance policies guaranteeing the policy holder’s income if he/she becomes permanently disabled will surely provide the insurance industry with a popular and profitable product. The cost of the policy to a worker at average risk is very little, and the benefits paid to the disabled far outweigh...