The writer is considering deleting the underlined portion of sentence 8 (reproduced below), adjusting the punctuation as needed

But, as Featherstone shows, focus groups actually rejected some features that spelled the Edsel’s doom, including the name, which group members thought “sounded too much like ‘weasel.’”

Should the writer keep or delete the underlined text?

Responses

Keep it, because it appropriately acknowledges the source of the quotation in the sentence and the information about Edsel focus groups.

Keep it, because it appropriately acknowledges the source of the quotation in the sentence and the information about Edsel focus groups.

Keep it, because it signals to the audience that the writer is setting up a counterargument to Featherstone’s claim.

Keep it, because it signals to the audience that the writer is setting up a counterargument to Featherstone’s claim.

Delete it, because it suggests that the writer lacks independent ideas and must rely on other sources.

Delete it, because it suggests that the writer lacks independent ideas and must rely on other sources.

Delete it, because it distracts from the information about the Edsel with irrelevant reminders of where the information came from.

Delete it, because it distracts from the information about the Edsel with irrelevant reminders of where the information came from.

Delete it, because it undermines the claims of the paragraph by raising the possibility that the writer is using biased sources.