求助帖！！关于BIBLE的一个问题

lainemai

BIBLE第25页讲到COUNTER-PREMISE INDICATORS的时候，罗列了一些词，最后一个是after all,但是在26到27页的练习题里，练习区分前提结论这些的时候，有这样一道题： During last night's robbery, the thief was unable to open the safe.Thus,last night's robbery was unsuccessful despite the fact that the thief sole several documents. After all,nothing in those documents was as valuable as the money in the safe.
这道题目的答案将after all 后面的句子归类为ADDITIONAL PREMISE.所以这里我很好奇，after all 到底算是addtinal 还是counter?谢谢！！

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gmatclub的一个解答

Hi there,

Yes, in the given sentence 'after all' introduces an additional premise.

However I would strongly recommend you to take in to the consideration the whole context of the stimulus and do not decide whether particular sentence is premise, counter premise, or additional premise simply on indicators. lest it can cause troubles for you in difficult CR questions.

As you learned in the Powerscore Bible, Author usually provides the counter Premise in order to state the other side, if any, of the argument. It can also be provided to lessen the impacts of possible objections if raised somewhere. On the other hand 'Additional premise' has altogether different function. It is usually provided to solidify the conclusion for its better evaluation; however, it is not an essential thing for the conclusion to hold true.

It is better if you classify the premises (additional and counter) according to the above criteria, and with considering the context of the stimulus.

Hope that helps,

Narenn