Hunter: Hunters alone are blamed for the decline in Greenrock National Forest's deer population over the past ten years. Yet clearly, black bears have also played an important role in this decline. In the past ten years, the forest's protected black bear population has risen sharply, and examination of black bears found dead in the forest during the deer hunting season showed that a number of them had recently fed on deer.

In the hunter's argument, the boldface portion plays which of the following roles?

A. It is the main conclusion of the argument.
B. It is an objection that has been raised against the main conclusion of the argument.
C. It is a judgment that the argument opposes.
D. It is a finding that the argument seeks to explain
E. It is a biased observation of the hunter

hi chetan,
i believe this question is a bit tricky but solvable. i believe the answer is D. I found this answer through process of elimination.

A. It is the main conclusion of the argument.
(not true b/c the main conclusion isn't stated. i believe the main conclusion is that both bears and the hunters are responsible for the deer death...the bolded statement only states the bears involvement)
B. It is an objection that has been raised against the main conclusion of the argument. (not true, b/c the bolded statement actually supports the main conclusion)
C. It is a judgment that the argument opposes. (not true, b/c the bolded statement actually supports the main conclusion)
D. It is a finding that the argument seeks to explain (good, you can tell by the last statement that the author is trying to put supporting details)
E. It is a biased observation of the hunter (no mention of hunter's observation)


What is the Answer? [/b]

I forgot to site the source, its from 1000SC. The answer is B.
I think the tempting answer is A, which is what I picked. I am still not convinced that the highlighted portion is NOT the conclusion.

Chetan.

1000sc? huh?
this isn't even a sentence correction problem; how is it from 1000sc, which is a collection of sentence correction problems?

please post the correct source.
thank you.