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Expression of IdeasVery hardTransition contrasting two kinds of evidence

Expression of Ideas practice question

The manuscript's binding is unmistakably eighteenth-century. ____ the paper on which it is written bears watermarks that place it a full century earlier, so the text was bound long after it was copied.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

  1. A. On the other hand,Correct
  2. B. As a result,
  3. C. For instance,
  4. D. In the same way,

Answer: A. On the other hand,

Binding says one date, paper says another.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. As a result,
The paper's date is not caused by the binding's.
C. For instance,
Not an example.
D. In the same way,
Not a similarity.

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