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Necessary assumption question · #110 of 120
Editor: The magazine’s circulation will rise this year. Our most popular columnist is returning, and every year she has written for us, circulation has risen.
The argument relies on which one of the following assumptions?
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The conclusion is that circulation will rise, and the only engine given is the columnist’s writing. If she returns but never actually publishes a column this year, the pattern the argument leans on never starts — so her writing this year has to be true.