Which one of the following is NOT an argument?

AIf today is Tuesday, tomorrow will be Wednesday ✓ Correct

BSince today is Tuesday, tomorrow will be Wednesday

CRam insulted me, so I punched him in the nose

DRam is not at home, so he must have gone to town

Correct answer: (A) If today is Tuesday, tomorrow will be Wednesday

Explanation

"If today is Tuesday, tomorrow will be Wednesday" is not an argument but a single conditional statement.

An argument needs a premise offered as support for a separately asserted conclusion.

Here nothing is asserted as true; only a hypothetical link is stated.

The words "since", "so", and "must have" in the others signal actual inference.

A bare if-then claim, asserting no premise, makes no argument.

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