Causality issue

Started by Brandon1504 · started 2022-05-20 04:14 · last activity 2022-05-25 01:45 · 1 reply

The correct answer choice uses causal language. I understand the linear nature of this argument. Outcries->regulations and regulations->improvements, therefore (answer: outcries ->improvements). However the causal language made choosing this answer seem dangerous to me. Could some elaborate when to see causal language as dangerous. Did the conditional nature of this passage allow for a causal inference to be made?

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  1. Emil-Kunkin · 2022-05-25 01:45

    Hi Brandon, I think the stimulus does have causal language too. The First Sentence Tells Us that outcry caused more regulation, and the rest of the stimulus tells us that the stricter regulations were necessary for and a cause of the reduction in pollution.

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