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Craft and Structure practice question

The evidence against the theory is ____; three independent laboratories have now failed to reproduce its key result.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

  1. A. mountingCorrect
  2. B. scarce
  3. C. anecdotal
  4. D. welcome

Answer: A. mounting

Three failures and counting.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. scarce
Three laboratories is not scarce.
C. anecdotal
Laboratory results are not anecdotes.
D. welcome
Welcome does not describe the evidence itself.

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