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But C doesn't discuss anything about the absence of advancement opportunities..I thought it's E

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The argument is saying Poor working conditions + absence of advanced opportunities ---> Departure of employees.

We need to strengthen this.

C is saying the same thing that yes employees have declared that the managers are not good and the factories are not safe. This means the conclusion drawn is true based on what the premises were given. Hence, C is the strengthener, We don't need all the points to prove why they are leaving. Even when we got one of the reasons out of those we started, we are strengthening our conclusion.

E cannot be the correct answer as it weakens our conclusion. If the company has already initiated improving the things, the the conclusion drawn would be weaken. It would mean there is something else for the employees to move and not what has been stated.
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But C doesn't discuss anything about the absence of advancement opportunities..I thought it's E

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The argument is saying Poor working conditions + absence of advanced opportunities ---> Departure of employees.

We need to strengthen this.

C is saying the same thing that yes employees have declared that the managers are not good and the factories are not safe. This means the conclusion drawn is true based on what the premises were given. Hence, C is the strengthener, We don't need all the points to prove why they are leaving. Even when we got one of the reasons out of those we started, we are strengthening our conclusion.

E cannot be the correct answer as it weakens our conclusion. If the company has already initiated improving the things, the the conclusion drawn would be weaken. It would mean there is something else for the employees to move and not what has been stated.
Got it.. thanks!

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this question is an illustration that international students should learn extensive english vocabularies. "rash".....
only C and E are left, but C shows the direct link.
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Isn't option A more apt than option c?

The argument claims that compensation is not the reason behind departures from the co.
Option A reiterates that compensations are negotiable.
Option C on the hand, only covers one criteria i.e. poor working conditions and leaves out advancement of opportunities.

Given the above, isn't option A more overarching and better suited to strengthen the conclusion?
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The make up of this question does not seem to have any "assumptions" or "missing links" ( my understanding of the argument,( i cud b wrong at this point itself!, do correct.) and hence the possibility of AOs to address this "missing link" vanishes. is it then right to expect / think that the correct answer choice will most likely model aftr the claim / conclusion given in the question ? ( here AO c is modeling after the claim of the question - same idea , different setup / idea).
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Hi,

This is a strengthen question, not an assumption. So you don't need to be linking for assumptions or missing links, just an option that further helps strengthen our belief in the conclusion, i.e. recent employee departures have been caused by poor working conditions and absence of advancement opportunities.

Prethinking: Effective strengthener would be any option/info that further strengthens that either of these 2 were indeed actually the cause for employees to be leaving. This is exactly what C) does.

>> Learning point for you here: Read the question stem more clearly - and what it wants you to do. This approach of trying to map wording to a question type doesn't always work so dont try that approach. Try to understand what the question stem is trying to say and map your next steps from there.

Hope this helps!
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The make up of this question does not seem to have any "assumptions" or "missing links" ( my understanding of the argument,( i cud b wrong at this point itself!, do correct.) and hence the possibility of AOs to address this "missing link" vanishes. is it then right to expect / think that the correct answer choice will most likely model aftr the claim / conclusion given in the question ? ( here AO c is modeling after the claim of the question - same idea , different setup / idea).
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