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Which is a substantiated opinion?
One of the largest computer companies began in a garage.
Small businesses are the reason America has a strong economy.
Experience is the best way for entrepreneurs to learn.
People are often wasteful in free market societies.
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"Small businesses are the reason America has a strong economy."
Why: this is an opinion (it attributes cause and makes a general evaluative claim) but it can be supported with evidence — for example, data on small-business contributions to employment, innovation, and GDP, analyses of job creation by firm size, and research on how small firms affect local economies.
Why the others aren't a "substantiated opinion" in the same way:
- "One of the largest computer companies began in a garage." — factual claim (verifiable).
- "Experience is the best way for entrepreneurs to learn." — a value judgment that’s harder to prove as universally true (it can be supported in some contexts but remains subjective).
- "People are often wasteful in free market societies." — also an opinion/normative judgment; it can be supported by examples or studies but is broader and more contestable.
Why: this is an opinion (it attributes cause and makes a general evaluative claim) but it can be supported with evidence — for example, data on small-business contributions to employment, innovation, and GDP, analyses of job creation by firm size, and research on how small firms affect local economies.
Why the others aren't a "substantiated opinion" in the same way:
- "One of the largest computer companies began in a garage." — factual claim (verifiable).
- "Experience is the best way for entrepreneurs to learn." — a value judgment that’s harder to prove as universally true (it can be supported in some contexts but remains subjective).
- "People are often wasteful in free market societies." — also an opinion/normative judgment; it can be supported by examples or studies but is broader and more contestable.
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