I have a different way of arriving at the correct answer. I also picked the wrong answer choice (D), partly because I mislabeled the first sentence as a background/counterpremise and did not intuitively brainstorm the assumption cited in the correct answer or anything closely resembling it. In retro...

Hello I had the same reservations about D which make it incorrect, but I ended up choosing D because I had greater reservations about C. I interpreted the passage as ONE way power can be achieved is by X and Y. McGinty argues that true power comes from a deep understanding of when to use which style...

Is the following a valid reason to eliminate A? The first "it" refers to the "course of action". The second "it" is a dummy pronoun (assuming the dummy pronoun usage is correct, while it sounds like the usage is incorrect in this case). Because both instances of "i...

Thanks for the fast response. The OG sc companion cites this reason as grounds to eliminate A. While it's clear that the second "it" does not qualify as a dummy pronoun in this case, I was wondering if this rule was valid to apply to future problems - specifically, that the use of a non-du...