Provide a critical assessment of the following comparative general claim:I'd much rather stay home and read a novel than go to a movie.

What will be an ideal response?


This kind of remark is different. The speaker is describing a preference that is clear enough for nearly any context in which the claim might be made.

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1.Scholars believe that 1 Corinthians is really a patchwork of many different letters and 2 Corinthians is a single document. 2. The Corinthians wrote back to Paul. 3. In Paul's day, Corinth was an agrarian, back-water village, relatively cut off from trade with other cities. 4. Agap? love was first associated with the Greek goddess Aphrodite. 5. The "false wisdom" Paul refers to is really an attempt to discourage human competitiveness.

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Kuhn shows us that there's no such thing as "normal science."

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Lin Yutang claims that Chinese pagans believe in God

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Plato believed that works of art were the reality underlying the appearances of everyday perceptions

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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