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Terry: If you want to get a decent job, you should go to college.

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Terry: If you want to get a decent job, you should go to college. [#permalink] New post   05 Apr 2015, 08:08
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Terry: If you want to get a decent job, you should go to college.

Mark: That is not true. There are other reasons to go to college than wanting to get a good job.

Mark's response shows that he interpreted Terry's remarks to mean that

(A) college is one of many places to get trained for a job

(B) decent jobs are obtained only by persons who have gone to college

(C) wanting to get a decent job is the only reason for going to college

(D) training for decent jobs is available only at colleges

(E) all people who want decent jobs go to college
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Re: Terry: If you want to get a decent job, you should go to college. [#permalink] New post   04 Apr 2016, 18:06
Terry: If you want to get a decent job, you should go to college.

Mark: That is not true. There are other reasons to go to college than wanting to get a good job.

Mark's response shows that he interpreted Terry's remarks to mean that

(A) college is one of many places to get trained for a job. No. Mark was more specific than that.

(B) decent jobs are obtained only by persons who have gone to college. Incorrect as well.

(C) wanting to get a decent job is the only reason for going to college. This is the right meaning of Mark's statement.

(D) training for decent jobs is available only at colleges. Opposite

(E) all people who want decent jobs go to college. Generalization. Also, the word 'all' is a bit strong.

Answer: C
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Re: Terry: If you want to get a decent job, you should go to college. [#permalink] New post   05 Feb 2020, 10:37
souvik101990 wrote:
Terry: If you want to get a decent job, you should go to college.

Mark: That is not true. There are other reasons to go to college than wanting to get a good job.

Mark's response shows that he interpreted Terry's remarks to mean that

(A) college is one of many places to get trained for a job

(B) decent jobs are obtained only by persons who have gone to college

(C) wanting to get a decent job is the only reason for going to college

(D) training for decent jobs is available only at colleges

(E) all people who want decent jobs go to college



this question is not clear, could you please explain in detail, why the option C is correct and A wrong?
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Re: Terry: If you want to get a decent job, you should go to college. [#permalink] New post   18 May 2020, 05:13
By reading the prompt, we get to understand that Mark refutes the link between (college) and (decent job). This means that Mark assumed that Terry's claim was "the only reason why people go to college is to get a good job"

Only (C) fits this description perfectly.
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Re: Terry: If you want to get a decent job, you should go to college. [#permalink] New post   04 Jul 2020, 09:40
jaisonsunny77 wrote:
By reading the prompt, we get to understand that Mark refutes the link between (college) and (decent job). This means that Mark assumed that Terry's claim was "the only reason why people go to college is to get a good job"

Only (C) fits this description perfectly.


Hi,

Can you please tell me whose claim the stem is asking...is it Marks claim or Terry's claim?
I chose A for Marks claim.

Thanks.
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Re: Terry: If you want to get a decent job, you should go to college. [#permalink] New post   04 Jul 2020, 12:18
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souvik101990 wrote:
Terry: If you want to get a decent job, you should go to college.

Mark: That is not true. There are other reasons to go to college than wanting to get a good job.

Mark's response shows that he interpreted Terry's remarks to mean that

(A) college is one of many places to get trained for a job

(B) decent jobs are obtained only by persons who have gone to college

(C) wanting to get a decent job is the only reason for going to college

(D) training for decent jobs is available only at colleges

(E) all people who want decent jobs go to college



this question is not clear, could you please explain in detail, why the option C is correct and A wrong?


He is asking how he interpreted not how he replied.
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