Exercise: Determining whether a statement is arguable

Decide which of the following statements are arguable and which are not.

  1. Question

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    American Sniper was the best movie of the last decade.
  2. Question

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    No amount of human effort can mitigate the effect of global warming.
  3. Question

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    The United States must further reduce social spending in order to balance the budget.
  4. Question

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    Shakespeare died in 1616.
  5. Question

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    The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
  6. Question

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    Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
  7. Question

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    Van Gogh’s paintings are the work of a madman.
  8. Question

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    More than two million people currently living in the United States have survived breast cancer.
  9. Question

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    The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s response to disasters must be radically improved.
  10. Question

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    A fifty-five-mile-per-hour speed limit on all U.S. highways would lower accident rates.