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Office manager: I will not order recycled paper for this office. Our letters to clients must make a good impression, so we cannot print them on inferior paper.
Stationery supplier: Recycled paper is not necessarily inferior. In fact, from the beginning, the finest paper has been made of recycled material. it was only in the 1850s that paper began to be made from wood fiber, and then only because there were no longer enough rags to meet the demand for paper.
In which one of the following ways does the stationer’s response fail to address the office manager’s objection to recycled paper?
(A) It does not recognize that the office manager’s prejudice against recycled paper stems from ignorance.
(B) It uses irrelevant facts to justify a claim about the quality of the disputed product.
(C) It assumes that the office manager is concerned about environmental issues.
(D) It presupposes that the office manager understands the basic technology of paper manufacturing.
(E) It ignores the office manager’s legitimate concern about quality.
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Stationery supplier: Recycled paper is not necessarily inferior. In fact, from the beginning, the finest paper has been made of recycled material. it was only in the 1850s that paper began to be made from wood fiber, and then only because there were no longer enough rags to meet the demand for paper.
In which one of the following ways does the stationer’s response fail to address the office manager’s objection to recycled paper?
(A) It does not recognize that the office manager’s prejudice against recycled paper stems from ignorance.
(B) It uses irrelevant facts to justify a claim about the quality of the disputed product.
(C) It assumes that the office manager is concerned about environmental issues.
(D) It presupposes that the office manager understands the basic technology of paper manufacturing.
(E) It ignores the office manager’s legitimate concern about quality.
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18 Jan 2020, 06:34
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I could eliminate options A, C and D.
I don't think that the stationery suppliers claim consisted totally irrelevant facts. I will go for E rather than B.
Any thoughts ?
I don't think that the stationery suppliers claim consisted totally irrelevant facts. I will go for E rather than B.
Any thoughts ?
18 Jan 2020, 11:02
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Explanation
We move next to an argument over paper. Previewing the stem, as always, we see that we’re asked to critique the stationer’s response to the office manager’s comment. The office manager strongly implies that recycled paper is inferior. An appropriate response would address this concern, perhaps by stating that “recycled paper is not inferior,” and then backing up that claim with good, solid evidence.
The stationer does indeed address the issue, saying that recycled paper is not necessarily inferior, but then goes off on a tangent discussing the history of recycling in the production of paper. Now really, who cares about paper from the beginning of time? The stationer’s evidence is irrelevant to the issue at hand: whether the recycled paper of today, the kind the office manager would use, is inferior. This is the stationer’s major flaw—he fails to provide relevant evidence to support his claim in the defense of recycled paper, choice (B).
(A) If anything, the little history lesson indicates the stationery supplier assumes the office manager’s ignorance on the topic.
(C), (D) The environmental aspect of paper recycling and the basic technology of paper manufacturing aren’t addressed in either side of the dialogue, so these choices can be eliminated.
(E) The stationer does explicitly address the manager’s concern about quality by saying that recycled paper is not necessarily inferior, and then attempts to present evidence to back this up. The failure is in the nature of the evidence (it stinks), not that he doesn’t address the issue.
Answer: B
We move next to an argument over paper. Previewing the stem, as always, we see that we’re asked to critique the stationer’s response to the office manager’s comment. The office manager strongly implies that recycled paper is inferior. An appropriate response would address this concern, perhaps by stating that “recycled paper is not inferior,” and then backing up that claim with good, solid evidence.
The stationer does indeed address the issue, saying that recycled paper is not necessarily inferior, but then goes off on a tangent discussing the history of recycling in the production of paper. Now really, who cares about paper from the beginning of time? The stationer’s evidence is irrelevant to the issue at hand: whether the recycled paper of today, the kind the office manager would use, is inferior. This is the stationer’s major flaw—he fails to provide relevant evidence to support his claim in the defense of recycled paper, choice (B).
(A) If anything, the little history lesson indicates the stationery supplier assumes the office manager’s ignorance on the topic.
(C), (D) The environmental aspect of paper recycling and the basic technology of paper manufacturing aren’t addressed in either side of the dialogue, so these choices can be eliminated.
(E) The stationer does explicitly address the manager’s concern about quality by saying that recycled paper is not necessarily inferior, and then attempts to present evidence to back this up. The failure is in the nature of the evidence (it stinks), not that he doesn’t address the issue.
Answer: B
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