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Expression of Ideas practice question

The theory explained every observation made before 1900. ____ it could not account for a single experiment performed in 1901, and within a decade it had been replaced.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

  1. A. However,Correct
  2. B. Consequently,
  3. C. Similarly,
  4. D. In particular,

Answer: A. However,

Success, then failure.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Consequently,
The failure did not follow from the success.
C. Similarly,
Not a similarity.
D. In particular,
The 1901 experiment is not a particular case of the earlier successes.

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