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Craft and Structure practice question

Every cottage on the terrace has a blue door. The exception is number seven, whose owner, having lost an argument with the residents' association about the shade, painted hers a blue so dark that from the road it reads as black.

Which choice best describes the function of the second sentence?

  1. A. It introduces the one exception to the rule stated in the first sentence and explains it.Correct
  2. B. It argues that all the doors should be black.
  3. C. It describes the residents' association.
  4. D. It restates the first sentence.

Answer: A. It introduces the one exception to the rule stated in the first sentence and explains it.

'The exception is number seven', and why.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. It argues that all the doors should be black.
No such argument.
C. It describes the residents' association.
The association is mentioned only as a party to the argument.
D. It restates the first sentence.
It contradicts, not restates.

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