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Children who attended private high schools may initially feel that they can succeed without doing the work required, but as they grow older, they realise the necessity of serious study. each year the overwhelming majority of students disciplined for plagiarism and cheating on their exams is found in the freshman class. The argument above would be most weakened if which of the following were true? A) As they move up in grade students learn how o cheat without getting caught. B) First time offenders in plagiarism and cheating on exams are not disciplined. C) The proctors for freshman exams are least vigilant. D) Acts of vandalism are most often committed by members of the sophomore class. E) Public school students are no less likely than private school students to believethat they can succeed in life without working hard.
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The argument above would be most weakened if which of the following were true? A) As they move up in grade students learn how o cheat without getting caught. correct: if the seniors get to learn to cheat, then seniors don't realize the importance of serious study, but they become pro in cheating and don't get caught. B) First time offenders in plagiarism and cheating on exams are not disciplined. Incorrect: if the 1st yr students are not disciplined, the argument that more freshmen are caught for plagiarism. C) The proctors for freshman exams are least vigilant. Incorrect: Mostly, it is unrelated to argument. If anything, this will strengthen the argument. More freshmen will cheat. D) Acts of vandalism are most often committed by members of the sophomore class. Incorrect: Vandalism is not talked of in the argument. It is cheating, what argument stresses upon. E) Public school students are no less likely than private school students to believe that they can succeed in life without working hard. Incorrect: Unrelated to argument.
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I would pointed out HOW in the last sentence "each year the overwhelming majority of students disciplined for plagiarism and cheating on their exams is found in the freshman class. " If my effort to study Sc is rewarded, the correct idiom is "ARE" not is Correct me if I'm wrong
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carcass wrote: I would pointed out HOW in the last sentence "each year the overwhelming majority of students disciplined for plagiarism and cheating on their exams is found in the freshman class. "
If my effort to study Sc is rewarded, the correct idiom is "ARE" not is
Correct me if I'm wrong Majority, Minority, and Plurality are either singular or plural depending upon their content. If you want to indicate many individual parts of the totality use plural verb and if you want to indicate totality itself then use singular verb. Such As: The majority of students are hard worker The majority has coalesced into unified block. Based on the above, I think you are right. If you like my explaination give me Kudos.
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Re: Children who attended private high schools may initially [#permalink]
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Legendaddy wrote: Children who attended private high schools may initially feel that they can succeed without doing the work required, but as they grow older, they realise the necessity of serious study. each year the overwhelming majority of students disciplined for plagiarism and cheating on their exams is found in the freshman class.
The argument above would be most weakened if which of the following were true?
A) As they move up in grade students learn how o cheat without getting caught.
B) First time offenders in plagiarism and cheating on exams are not disciplined.
. Can anyone please explain the difference between A and B ? option B says - first time offenders caught in cheating are not disciplined ? Isn't it exactly what we are looking for ?
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+1A Premise - Children who attended private high schools may initially feel that they can succeed without doing the work required, but as they grow older, they realise the necessity of serious study Conclusion - Each year the overwhelming majority of students disciplined for plagiarism and cheating on their exams is found in the freshman class. Anything which weakens the conclusion i.e. majority of students disciplined for plagiarism and cheating on their exams is not just found in the freshman class If option A is true it weakens the conclusion and is thus our answer
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ankit0411 wrote: Legendaddy wrote: Children who attended private high schools may initially feel that they can succeed without doing the work required, but as they grow older, they realise the necessity of serious study. each year the overwhelming majority of students disciplined for plagiarism and cheating on their exams is found in the freshman class.
The argument above would be most weakened if which of the following were true?
A) As they move up in grade students learn how o cheat without getting caught.
B) First time offenders in plagiarism and cheating on exams are not disciplined.
. Can anyone please explain the difference between A and B ? option B says - first time offenders caught in cheating are not disciplined ? Isn't it exactly what we are looking for ? Option A states that as students move from freshman year(say first year) to sophomore(say 2nd year) they learn to cheat and do not get caught, thus giving an impression to everyone that they do not cheat. A cheat is a cheat, only when it is caught. Option B states that those who commit plagiarism for the first time and then get caught are not disciplined i.e they tend to again cheat. We cannot say for sure that they committed their first cheat in the freshman year, it could be possible that they did that in pre-schools. It creates ambiguity. Does this make sense? 
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Re: Children who attended private high schools may initially [#permalink]
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getgyan wrote: ankit0411 wrote: Legendaddy wrote: Children who attended private high schools may initially feel that they can succeed without doing the work required, but as they grow older, they realise the necessity of serious study. each year the overwhelming majority of students disciplined for plagiarism and cheating on their exams is found in the freshman class.
The argument above would be most weakened if which of the following were true?
A) As they move up in grade students learn how o cheat without getting caught.
B) First time offenders in plagiarism and cheating on exams are not disciplined.
. Can anyone please explain the difference between A and B ? option B says - first time offenders caught in cheating are not disciplined ? Isn't it exactly what we are looking for ? Option A states that as students move from freshman year(say first year) to sophomore(say 2nd year) they learn to cheat and do not get caught, thus giving an impression to everyone that they do not cheat. A cheat is a cheat, only when it is caught. Option B states that those who commit plagiarism for the first time and then get caught are not disciplined i.e they tend to again cheat. We cannot say for sure that they committed their first cheat in the freshman year, it could be possible that they did that in pre-schools. It creates ambiguity. Does this make sense? Yea , good enough , now I tend to get the subtle difference in the meanings. Thanks mate !
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