For each enthymeme below, provide the missing, implied premise. QUESTION 1 He mu

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For each enthymeme below, provide the missing, implied premise. QUESTION 1 He must be happy, he's smiling all the time QUESTION 2 He would not take the crown. Therefore, 'tis certain he was not a QUESTION 3 Since you didn't speak up in my defense at the meeting, you must be as much against me as the rest of them are. QUESTION 4 No, the fuse isn't blown. It's the light bulb that is bad. When you flip the wall switch, all the other lights in the room go on, don't they? QUESTION 5 Since the bullet obviously entered through his back, we have to rule out suicide; quite certainly he was murdered. QUESTION 6 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for they shall see God. QUESTION 7 The Civilization of the Dialogue is the only civilization worth having and the only civilization in which the whole world can unite. It is therefore, the only civilization we can hope for, because the world must unite or be blown to bits. Robert Hutchins, "Morals, Religion, and Higher Education" QUESTION 8 My girl doesn't love me anymore. The last three times I called her for a date, she said she had to stay in and catch up on her schoolwork. QUESTION 9 She must have lost her car keys somewhere between the checkout counter and the parking lot, because she remembers taking the keys out of her purse when she was paying her bill and laying them on the counter QUESTION 10 Since the cultivation of mind is surely worth seeking for its own sake, there is a knowledge which is desirable, though nothing come of it. John Henry Newman, The Idea of the University

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An implied premise is a premise that is required in order to reach the stated conclusion, but is not itself stated clearly in the argument.

And.1) People who smile are happy.

2.) An ambitious person would have accepted the crown, and indeed would have eagerly leapt at the opportunity.

3.) People who are against you won't speak in your defense.

4.) Fuse is not damaged when other lights are working.

5.)In suicide the bullet cannot hit body through the back.

6)Bless people have absolutely nothing of worth to offer God.

7.)The world United together is of great worth.

8) person not spending time with you does not love you.

9.) while paying the bill her keys were with her.

10.) Gaining knowledge is of great worth.

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