Weaken Questions - - Question 76

In many languages other than English there is a word for "mother's brother" which is different from the word for "fat...

brandybailey93 October 26, 2021

Answer Choice A

I understood the conclusion to read that other languages that have fewer words for a color must be unable to distinguish as many colors as the English language. So I looked for an instance that would disprove that. And answer choice A saying that the Russian language has two words for “blue” disproved the conclusion, which is method 2 in the lesson; conclusion doesn’t follow. I try to make sure I take note and apply the Key Takeaway part of the answer breakdowns and it been helping!

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Emil-Kunkin January 28, 2022

Hi @brandybailey93, I think the confusion here stems from the answer choice. A tells us that Russian has more words than English does for blue, but English speakers are able to distinguish between types of blue. This is an instance of a language with more words for a color than English, however our conclusion only relates to languages with fewer words for color than English.