Generality in Strengthen/Justify - PR Q's

[annabelle.swift]

Hi, I had a really specific question about one sentence from p. 21 in the 2018 edition. When it says "This generality is typical of Strengthen-PR and Justify-PR answer choices," does this mean that CORRECT Strengthen/Justify PR answers are typically very general? Or generality is typical of ALL Strengthen/Justify PR questions, including the incorrect ones?

Thank you!

[annabelle.swift]

Edit: from p. 669

[Robert Carroll]

annabelle.swift,

All Principles are general rules, so it's pretty typical that the answer choices for a Principle-Strengthen or Principle-Justify question will be general, even incorrect ones. However, the specific point that discussion is trying to make is that an answer choice can be more general than necessary and still be correct for a Principle-Strengthen or Principle-Justify question. A common feature of a correct answer for these questions is to purposely be MORE inclusive than needed by the conclusion - if the conclusion is about lawyers, the answer might be about ALL professionals, or something similar. This generality, as long as it covers the relevant class in the argument, is not a bad thing - but students will often be repelled by answers that don't use exactly the word expected. So consider whether the principle in an answer covers the situation in the stimulus - if so, it's probably not a bad thing if it ALSO covers other things.

Robert Carroll