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How could choice B not correct? It tells that many people who would not otherwise experience the arts have had the opportunity to do so because of government funding. So rephrasing the choice would mean that government funding did not hinder creativity of arts.

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How could choice B not correct? It tells that many people who would not otherwise experience the arts have had the opportunity to do so because of government funding. So rephrasing the choice would mean that government funding did not hinder creativity of arts.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

The question is not of whether government support allows more people to appreciate the arts but of whether government funding will curb artistic expression or skew it towards one side. People can appreciate arts even when the artists have been only creating the kind of art that the government in power has sanctioned, but in this case there will be no freedom of expression.
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Can anyone please explain why answer C is not a good contender
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Can anyone please explain why answer C is not a good contender


The conclusion is : Government support for the arts will almost certainly interfere with the freedom of the creative process
Premise : Practicing artists will alter their own work accordingly, pursuing government funds at the expense of their own inner-directed development.

Option C) while it can be argued that political ideas swing in and out of fashion, it is equally arguable that trends in the arts are often short-lived.

It is neutral. The option is neither saying the trends are influenced by Government Money nor denying it. Trends are short lived.
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Can anyone please explain why answer C is not a good contender


The conclusion is : Government support for the arts will almost certainly interfere with the freedom of the creative process
Premise : Practicing artists will alter their own work accordingly, pursuing government funds at the expense of their own inner-directed development.

Option C) while it can be argued that political ideas swing in and out of fashion, it is equally arguable that trends in the arts are often short-lived.

It is neutral. The option is neither saying the trends are influenced by Government Money nor denying it. Trends are short lived.


Isn't the conclusion : Practicing artists will alter their own work accordingly, pursuing government funds at the expense of their own inner-directed development.

I have to accept that I am little confused here.
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Can anyone please explain why answer C is not a good contender


The conclusion is : Government support for the arts will almost certainly interfere with the freedom of the creative process
Premise : Practicing artists will alter their own work accordingly, pursuing government funds at the expense of their own inner-directed development.

Option C) while it can be argued that political ideas swing in and out of fashion, it is equally arguable that trends in the arts are often short-lived.

It is neutral. The option is neither saying the trends are influenced by Government Money nor denying it. Trends are short lived.


Isn't the conclusion : Practicing artists will alter their own work accordingly, pursuing government funds at the expense of their own inner-directed development.

I have to accept that I am little confused here.


The first Premise is : Money, inevitably controlled by the politically powerful, will accumulate around established, conservative institutions when a certain philosophy prevails, or shift to the more experimental and radical groups when the political pendulum swings.
Now the 2nd premise which is dependent on the "swing" is : Practicing artists will alter their own work accordingly, pursuing government funds at the expense of their own inner-directed development.
What is the conclusion : Government support for the arts will almost certainly interfere with the freedom of the creative process
Now the sentence "Government support for the arts will almost certainly interfere with the freedom of the creative process" cannot be a premise as no other sentence is dependent on this sentence.
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B talks about people who have benefits from the funds, so B is out of scope and B does not help to weaken the argument which is about the impact of the politics on arts.
D is surely nonsense.
A is rather a strengthener.
C is a trap. C sounds like C does partly strengthen the argument. Also, C does not directly link with the argument which is about "Government support for the arts will almost certainly interfere with the freedom of the creative process."
E is correct b/c of "independent"
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