MartyMurray wrote:
PReciSioN wrote:
Hi experts,-MartyMurray ,AjiteshArun ,avigutman
I had some thoughts about this question.
1) What is the exact conclusion of the argument ? I feel that the conclusion is limited to the bolded part"T his shows that felines were domesticated around the time farmingbegan , when they would have been useful in protecting stores of grain from mice". The second part of the sentence is an additional premise ( by suggesting a benefit for cats to be domesticated when farming began, the conclusion that cats would have been domesticated around the time farming began makes moresense.
I had some thoughts about this question.
1) What is the exact conclusion of the argument ? I feel that the conclusion is limited to the bolded part"T his shows that felines were domesticated around the time farmingbegan , when they would have been useful in protecting stores of grain from mice". The second part of the sentence is an additional premise ( by suggesting a benefit for cats to be domesticated when farming began, the conclusion that cats would have been domesticated around the time farming began makes moresense.
That's a reasonable take on thosestatements.
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2) "This shows that felines weredomesticated around the time farming began" - In this sentence, people (including official explanation) have considered the usage of the word domesticated as a verb. When we use it like a verb in this sentence, we mean that the domestication happened around the same time farming began. Not earlier, nor later. So
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Statistics : Posted by PReciSioN • on 05 Jul 2015, 22:32 • Replies 36 • Views 71373
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