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A useful option with a clear limit

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A useful option with a clear limit

An original Catalan practice sentence reads “És una bona opció, però no és l’única solució”. A learner is asked to explain how the two parts relate. One draft says the speaker regards the option as useless; another calls it the sole acceptable solution. A third preserves both the positive evaluation and the limit on exclusivity. The exercise supplies no actual public policy, technical design or speaker biography. It tests the meaning of the complete Catalan statement rather than an independently verified recommendation. The learner should identify the contrast introduced by però and the effect of no és and l’única, without importing a personal preference. English glosses can help review the answer afterwards, but independent reading should first establish what the Catalan actually affirms and what it denies.

1. What position is supported?

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The option is good, but it is not the only solution. Its value and the denial of exclusivity are compatible.

2. Which two summaries overstate or reverse the text?

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Calling it useless reverses the positive evaluation. Calling it the sole acceptable solution removes the explicit denial of exclusivity.