Two premises are linked if ________.
A. the premises would not provide good reason to accept the conclusion if one of the premises were omitted
B. the argument would not be deductively valid if one of the premises were omitted
C. the omission of one of the premises would weaken or cancel the amount of support provided by the other
D. All of the answers are correct
Answer: C
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