If the following passage contains an argument, write a well-crafted version of it; if the passage is not an argument, classify it as a report, illustration, explanation, or single conditional statement. One should always eat grapes downward—that is, always eat the best grape first; in this way there will be none better left on the bunch, and each grape will seem good down to the last. If you eat the other way, you will not have a good grape in the lot. Besides, you will be tempting providence to kill you before you come to the best. (Samuel Butler)
What will be an ideal response?
1. If one eats the best grape first, there will be none better left on the bunch.
2. If one eats the best grape first, each grape will seem good down to the last.
3. If you eat the other way, you will not have a good grape in the lot.
4. If you eat the other way, you will be tempting providence to kill you before you come to the best.
So, 5. One should always eat the best grape first.
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