CORRECT ANSWER:
there is no
so is the consequent
a whole may
does not constitute
there is no
STEP-BY-STEP EXPLANATION:
To have an argument, you must have a factual claim and an inferential claim. This means that at least one statement in an argument must claim to present evidence, and there must be a claim that this evidence implies something. In a conditional statement, there is no assertion that either the antecedent or the consequent is true. Rather there is only the assertion that if the antecedent is true, then is the consequent .Of course, a conditional statement as a whole way present evidence because it asserts a relationship between statements. Yet when conditional statements are taken in this sense, a single conditional statement does not constitute an argument because there is no separate claim that this evidence implies anything.