OG-Takeaway from a wrong option.

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Although the earliest surviving Greek inscriptions written in an alphabet date from the eighth century B.C., the fact that the text of these Greek inscriptions sometimes runs from right to left and sometimes from left to right indicates that the Greeks adopted alphabetic writing at least two centuries before these inscriptions were produced. After all, the Greeks learned alphabetic writing from the Phoenicians, and presumably, along with the alphabet, they also adopted the then-current Phoenician practice with respect to the direction of text. And although Phoenician writing was originally inconsistent in direction, by the eighth century B.C. Phoenician was consistently written from right to left and had been for about two centuries.

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this is from og -12 Q 77.

If we look at the wrong option E.
(E) The first provides evidence in support of the position that the argument seeks to establish; the second is that position

this answer choice stem is pretty common in bf questions. The OG says that the words -"the second is that position" mean that the second is the conclusion.

Do we take away that a stem stating "the second is that position" is asking us to identify the conclusion ??

[vikram4689]

Took 2 minutes to understand the question only ....

Do we take away that a stem stating "the second is that position" is asking us to identify the conclusion ??

We cannot generalize this statement but in this specific case it is doing this function. and how we determine this is based on language of option. In option E, "that" refers to "position that agument seeks to establish". Now argument always seeks to establish a conclusion, so 2nd statement in option E refers to conclusion.