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What do you think LEAST weaken the argument?

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by SeemaSkl » Sat Aug 07, 2010 1:01 pm
In generations past, women and their suitors spent relatively little time together before getting married. Arranged marriages, in which the partners were not previously acquainted were commonplace. Most other marriages resulted from brief courtships, during which the future bride and groom spent little time alone together. Yet, marriages in modern-day society, in which partners date and even cohabitate for years, are much more likely to end in divorce than those of previous generations. Despite all the self-help books, "relationship experts," and emphasis on romance, modern marriages are clearly lacking the quality of those in decades past.

Which of the foll. would least weaken the above argument?

A. Life in modern society places more challenges to marriages than did life in previous societies
B. Divorce was more socially objectionable in past societies.
C. Most modern couples seek counseling before considering divorce.
D. The quality of modern marriages is only slightly better than that associated with marriages of generations past
E. While a majority of marriages in past generations stayed intact, discreet extramarital affairs were more common than they are in contemporary society.

I can't decide between B and C. I'm leaning towards B because it directly attacks the 'marriages lacking quality' conclusion of the author and thus weakening it. However correct answer choice is C. But in my opinion C could be a good or a bad thing for the argument depending on your perception. The point this choice makes very open ended, hence vague.

WHAT DO YOU THINK SHOULD BE THE CORRECT CHOICE AND WHY?? THANKS!!
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by grockit_andrea » Sat Aug 07, 2010 1:11 pm
The question asks which choice would least weaken the argument, which is just another way of telling you that four of the answer choices are valid weakeners, and the one that is not, is the correct answer. B weakens because if this were true, then marriages weren't stronger in the past. Instead, couples stayed together because society wouldn't let them divorce in most cases. C is the correct choice. What modern couples do to hold their marriages together is irrelevant to comparing the quality of old marriages to that of new marriages. Notice that every other choice somehow compares marriages in generations past to modern marriages. C does not. Therefore, C isn't a strong weakener and is the correct answer.
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by SeemaSkl » Sat Aug 07, 2010 1:35 pm
So if I'm getting your logic - C is not even a valid weakener, hence correct choice?
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by grockit_andrea » Sat Aug 07, 2010 1:45 pm
SeemaSkl wrote:So if I'm getting your logic - C is not even a valid weakener, hence correct choice?
I have a hard time imagining a scenario in which I would choose choice C to weaken this argument. And since that's what the question stem is asking for-- the least-weakening choice-- I would consider C the best choice. To be honest, I'm not crazy about choice D, since it seems to directly contradict the argument without offering any evidence to back that up, which is not the same thing as weakening it. But it's at least demonstrably relevant to the argument.
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by SeemaSkl » Sat Aug 07, 2010 1:47 pm
cool..thanks Andrea!
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by FightWithGMAT » Sat Aug 07, 2010 11:48 pm
grockit_andrea wrote:
SeemaSkl wrote:So if I'm getting your logic - C is not even a valid weakener, hence correct choice?
I have a hard time imagining a scenario in which I would choose choice C to weaken this argument. And since that's what the question stem is asking for-- the least-weakening choice-- I would consider C the best choice. To be honest, I'm not crazy about choice D, since it seems to directly contradict the argument without offering any evidence to back that up, which is not the same thing as weakening it. But it's at least demonstrably relevant to the argument.
How E is a weakener?
It show that the marriages relationships are different in the past that they are now.

It seems to be a strengthener.
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by SeemaSkl » Sun Aug 08, 2010 12:51 am
It is a weakener because it suggests quality of marriages in past was not necessarily better- going against the conclusion.
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by reply2spg » Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:38 am
I solved this question for weakening. Since in actual GMAT, EXCEPT and LEAST words will be in caps and bold.
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