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 Rachael Wilkenfeld
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It's the most common one you'll see, Aspen. You could also have examples like "the required."

The required score for students to pass is a 60%.

Here, the 60% is necessary, but is separated from the indicator "required." It's a bit of an awkward way to phrase things though, so it's less common than you see with "the only."
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 AspenHerman
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Rachael Wilkenfeld wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 4:41 pm It's the most common one you'll see, Aspen. You could also have examples like "the required."

The required score for students to pass is a 60%.

Here, the 60% is necessary, but is separated from the indicator "required." It's a bit of an awkward way to phrase things though, so it's less common than you see with "the only."
Thank you!
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 lixiaylin
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I am trouble by the explanation of this answer because as stated in the book, the conclusion is a conditional statement.

"Therefore, the only effective way to reduce such emissions is to replace the conventional diesel fuel and gasoline used in automobiles with cleaner-burning fuels, such as methanol, that creates fewer emission."

According to the book, this conditional statement can be drawn like this:

ERE: Effectively reduce emissions
Replace: Replace the conventional diesel fuel and gasoline used in automobiles with cleaner-burning fuels, such as methanol, that creates fewer emission

ERE --------> Replace

Why is ERE the Sufficient condition and Replace the Necessary condition --IF "only" or "the only" introduce the Necessary condition, resulting in the conclusion to be diagramed this way:

Replace --------ERE

Please explained? Thank you for your time on this.
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 Stephanie Oswalt
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lixiaylin wrote: Mon Feb 07, 2022 11:07 am I am trouble by the explanation of this answer because as stated in the book, the conclusion is a conditional statement.

"Therefore, the only effective way to reduce such emissions is to replace the conventional diesel fuel and gasoline used in automobiles with cleaner-burning fuels, such as methanol, that creates fewer emission."

According to the book, this conditional statement can be drawn like this:

ERE: Effectively reduce emissions
Replace: Replace the conventional diesel fuel and gasoline used in automobiles with cleaner-burning fuels, such as methanol, that creates fewer emission

ERE --------> Replace

Why is ERE the Sufficient condition and Replace the Necessary condition --IF "only" or "the only" introduce the Necessary condition, resulting in the conclusion to be diagramed this way:

Replace --------ERE

Please explained? Thank you for your time on this.
Hi lixiaylin,

Thanks for the post, and welcome to the forum! I have moved your post to the thread discussing this topic. Please review the discussion starting on page 1 of this thread viewtopic.php?f=674&t=2479, and let us know if this helps or if you have further questions.

Thanks!

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