GMAT Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: A statistical review of word types and frequencies in all

KarthikSun , you summarized my reasoning correctly. But the problem with E is somewhat different. E specifies that the authors used just as much slang, and that the editors selected slang-heavy works out, so we can't entertain the possibilities you mentioned. However, the argument is restricted to authors ofpublished works. Since E addresses the overall population of authors, it's out of scope. It may well be true that authors in 1970 used just as much slang as authors today, but that doesn't undermine
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