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Tidus  #447033  Tue, 27 Nov 07 05:17 PM

I think I might go with B. When the fungicide is sufficiently diluted, it does not pose any harm to people, animals, or beneficial garden insects.

After all, what's the point of a fungicide harmless to rose plants if it's dangerous to anything/anybody around it, and therefore the assumption is that it is is also harmless to everything else.

  
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Grammar Geek  #447037  Tue, 27 Nov 07 05:21 PM

Sorry, I disagree completely. . There's no mention of people or insects at all. It could come with precautions about how to handle

Anon, why did you say I chose C? I was referring to A!
  
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Tanit  #447044  Tue, 27 Nov 07 05:28 PM
I must honestly say that I have no idea Smile [:)], but there has been a discussion (here), where many of the posters believe that E is the answer. Also, look at the final sentence ("e si rewsna eht").

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Grammar Geek  #447045  Tue, 27 Nov 07 05:32 PM

Tanit, good point. I had originally misread E and thought it was talking about being MORE dillute than that.

Now, I couldn't choose between A and E. Obviously, there would be no point in discussing it if it were not effective at that concentration.
  
Anonymous  #447048  Tue, 27 Nov 07 05:37 PM

Hi Tanit

I do not know you and I do not think you know me.

BTW, what is the argument in the text, anybody?
  
Tidus  #447093  Tue, 27 Nov 07 08:27 PM

Having had rethink on this, the answer is probably A. There is no alternative method to application of fungicide for eliminating powdery mildew from rose plants without harming other garden plants.

This is because of the opening sentence: "A certain experimental fungicide causes no harm to garden plants if it is diluted at least to ten parts water to one part fungicide".  The fungicide being experimental, suggests that no others are as yet available that do not cause harm, otherwise, it probably wouldn't be an experiment. 

  
Anonymous  #447249  Wed, 28 Nov 07 05:40 AM

I still not see anything unnatural with there being other methods in inorganic chemistry and what the text says being the case, two facts living side by side.

Thanks for your comments.

  
Tidus  #447322  Wed, 28 Nov 07 09:33 AM
You're welcome. I'm really going on the basis that one of those A-E options is indeed correct.  At first read of it, I would probably have said that none of them fit very well.
  
Anonymous  #447381  Wed, 28 Nov 07 12:43 PM
http://plainenglish.alldiscussion.net/vocabulary-f4/critical-reasoning-t78.htm
  
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