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Absolute Wording

This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”

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Example wrong choices

  • 17251_manna_heat_chili_cookoff · EVIDENCE · Choice BAdmit Esther's testimony because Lydia's entering a chili cook-off proves she has an untruthful character.

    Why it's attractive

    A chili cook-off entry does not visibly track truthfulness.

    Why it's wrong

    A chili cook-off entry does not visibly track truthfulness.

  • 17251_manna_heat_chili_cookoff · EVIDENCE · Choice CExclude Esther's testimony only if Lydia was not first shown the cook-off flyer.

    Why it's attractive

    The flyer condition appears from nowhere in the stem.

    Why it's wrong

    The flyer condition appears from nowhere in the stem.

  • 17251_manna_heat_chili_cookoff · EVIDENCE · Choice DAdmit Esther's testimony because any prior inconsistent statement may be proved with extrinsic evidence.

    Why it's attractive

    The word any is too broad when the contradiction is only about a side point.

    Why it's wrong

    The word any is too broad when the contradiction is only about a side point.

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