Re: Many winemakers use cork stoppers; but cork stoppers can leak, crumble
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12 Oct 2023, 05:16
Understanding the argument -
Many winemakers use cork stoppers; (Fact)
but cork stoppers can leak, crumble, or become moldy, so that those winemakers must often discard a significant proportion of their inventory of bottled wine. - opinion
Bottlemaster plastic stoppers, which cannot leak, crumble, or mold, have long been available to winemakers, at a price slightly higher than that of traditional cork stoppers. - Fact
Cork prices, however, are expected to rise dramatically in the near future. "however" contrast. Opinion
Clearly, therefore, winemakers who still use cork but wish to keep production costs from rising will be forced to reconsider plastic stoppers. Intermediate conclusion
And since the wine-buying public’s association of plastic stoppers with poor-quality wine is weakening, Premise
there is an excellent chance that the Bottlemaster plastic stopper will gain an increased share of the market for wine-bottle stoppers. - main conclusion
Both BF1 and BF2 go in the same direction
In the argument given, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?
(A) The first is a judgment that has been advanced in support of a position that the argument opposes (no. It's in support of the position that the argument establishes); the second is the main conclusion of the argument. (ok)
(B) The first is a judgment that has been advanced in support of a position that the argument opposes;(no. It's in support of the position that the argument establishes) the second is a conclusion drawn in order to support the main conclusion of the argument. (No. It's the main conclusion.)
(C) The first is the main conclusion of the argument (No. it is an intermediate conclusion); the second provides evidence in support of that main conclusion. (No its the main conclusion.)
(D) The first is the main conclusion of the argument (No. It is an intermediate conclusion); the second is a restatement of that main conclusion.(restatement of BF1? No. Its a main conclusion)
(E) The first is a conclusion drawn in order to support the main conclusion of the argument(ok); the second is that main conclusion.(ok)