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Hey Dave,
I know i've asked you about structural reading before, but i'm still having a hard time shrinking complex passages like this.
It seems like you've combined the two premises?
I thought the structure was
Premises:
Personal beliefs - accepted - less difficult
acceptance - choose
Conclusion: not denied.
What is the trick?!?!?

My drawing is like this:
Make Choices + Acceptance -> Less Difficult
Choose Friends -> Acceptance
Conclusion: Choosing Friends -> Not deny
Which did not make sense to me, at all. How did you connect it to the very first premise?


Good question! (E) looks an awful lot like (C), doesn't it?
When we've got two choices that look this much alike, the thing to do is compare them closely.
(C) proves that "no one should be denied...", while (E) proves that "one may choose..." The small difference between those sentiments is the reason that (C) is right and (E) wrong: (E) is narrower than our argument's conclusion [and also narrower than (C)].
If it helps, it's about the same as the relationship between
(C) If owning a pet can improve the quality of someone's life, then everyone should be allowed to own a pet.
and
(E) One may adopt a pet if that pet will improve one's life.
In (C), the rule extends to everybody, while in (E) the rule only applies on a case-by-case basis.
Is that clearer?

I used "language cue" to get rid of B ("at least"), D("at least in part"), E ("may"), and then eliminate A because it's not relevant and then choose C (also read it and confirmed it makes sense).
Is it OK to use language cue in Sufficient Assumption questions? Is this a scientific way?

Heck yeah it is! I do that kind of work all the time!
Keep up the good work.