Which of the following passages contain an argument in our technical sense of that word?

a. I hate you. Get out of here!
b. I'm sure Martin Luther King Jr. didn't die during the 1960s, because it says right here in the encyclopedia that he was assassinated in Memphis in 1998.
c. The Republican Party began back in the 1850s as a U.S. political party. Abraham Lincoln was their first candidate to win the presidency.
d. I don't believe you when you say Martin Luther King Jr. could have been elected president if he hadn't been assassinated.


Answer: b. I'm sure Martin Luther King Jr. didn't die during the 1960s, because it says right here in the encyclopedia that he was assassinated in Memphis in 1998.

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