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All Money Offers Are 408

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

  • 14761_harvest_festival_ladder · EVIDENCE · Choice AYes, as a present sense impression.

    Why it's attractive

    PSI must describe/explain the event; an apology describes nothing about the fall.

    Why it's wrong

    PSI must describe/explain the event; an apology describes nothing about the fall.

  • 14761_harvest_festival_ladder · EVIDENCE · Choice CNo, because it is not relevant to the issue of liability.

    Why it's attractive

    An apology + payment offer tends to show fault; relevance bar is a mere tendency.

    Why it's wrong

    An apology + payment offer tends to show fault; relevance bar is a mere tendency.

  • 14761_harvest_festival_ladder · EVIDENCE · Choice DNo, because it was an offer of compromise.

    Why it's attractive

    Money + contrition looks like settlement, but 408 needs a disputed claim that did not yet exist.

    Why it's wrong

    Money + contrition looks like settlement, but 408 needs a disputed claim that did not yet exist.

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