PrepTest 88, Section 2, Question 25
Babson: The idea of charging people a dollar to read individual articles and essays online, while novel, will succeed if the quality of the articles and essays is high enough. A dollar isn't much money: in many countries people routinely reward quality service with tips of much more than a dollar.
Babson: The idea of charging people a dollar to read individual articles and essays online, while novel, will succeed if the quality of the articles and essays is high enough. A dollar isn't much money: in many countries people routinely reward quality service with tips of much more than a dollar.
Cortez: But most people tip only for those services for which it is customary to tip. The fact that people don't currently pay for articles and essays individually is a bad sign for anyone who hopes to earn money this way.
Babson: The idea of charging people a dollar to read individual articles and essays online, while novel, will succeed if the quality of the articles and essays is high enough. A dollar isn't much money: in many countries people routinely reward quality service with tips of much more than a dollar.
Cortez: But most people tip only for those services for which it is customary to tip. The fact that people don't currently pay for articles and essays individually is a bad sign for anyone who hopes to earn money this way.
Babson: The idea of charging people a dollar to read individual articles and essays online, while novel, will succeed if the quality of the articles and essays is high enough. A dollar isn't much money: in many countries people routinely reward quality service with tips of much more than a dollar.
The dialogue provides the most support for the claim that Babson and Cortez disagree over whether
people will routinely part with money under circumstances in which it is considered customary to do so
people in countries in which tipping is customary are more likely than people in other countries to be willing to pay a dollar to read individual articles and essays online
it is possible to write articles and essays for which some people would pay a dollar each to read online even where social customs do not support such a practice
people's attitudes toward tipping suggest that the idea of charging a dollar to read individual articles and essays online will be successful as long as their quality is high enough
most people are likely to find the idea of paying a dollar to read individual articles and essays online to be a novel one
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