Learner uses a personal example where it demonstrates the mechanism, and knows when it is too narrow to carry the claim.
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Six personal examples. Three are asked to prove how many.
My own commute takes fifty minutes by bus and twenty by car, so the fare would have to be very low before I changed. What does this prove?
What it can do, what it cannot, and the rule that is not a rule.
Show a mechanism working on a real person.
My commute takes fifty minutes by bus and twenty by car, so the fare would have to be very low before I changed.
That is precisely what a mechanism needs.
Ten examples across two buckets.
Sort each item into the correct category
Six pairs. Rewrite the claim, not the example. Two already fit.
Claim: Most commuters would switch to buses if fares were abolished. Example: My commute takes fifty minutes by bus and twenty by car, so a small fare cut would not move me. → Rewritten claim:
Claim: Everyone in my country prefers to drive. Example: My friends all drive to work. → Rewritten claim:
Claim: Remote work costs juniors the training they used to absorb by proximity. Example: When I started my first job, nobody sat near me, and I learned nothing about handling clients for a year. → Rewritten claim:
Claim: The bus network is failing across the country. Example: I once waited two hours for a bus. → Rewritten claim:
Claim: Rising rents are driving people out of cities everywhere. Example: My rent rose by a third in two years while my salary did not move, so I left. → Rewritten claim:
Claim: A longer school day does not suit every family. Example: A parent working shifts cannot collect a child at three o'clock, whatever the school day is called. → Rewritten claim:
A claim with a mechanism, shown through one case.
Topic: anything about work, study or travel where you have direct experience.
Sentence 1: a claim that explains why something happens. Sentences 2–3: one example — yours, or a clearly hypothetical person.
Use I if you want to. It is allowed.
Three sentences or so.
Your example is one person. What is it proving?