Which of the following sentences is a Normative Claim and why?
a. The third baseman dropped the ball.
b. The outfielder hit a homerun.
c. The second baseman should not have dropped the ball.
d. The pitcher committed an error.
Three of those statements appear to be facts.
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I chose C as the correct answer, was I right or is more than one correct?
C is correct.
The normative claim in this set of sentences is option c: "The second baseman should not have dropped the ball."
A normative claim is a statement that expresses how things ought to be or how people should behave according to certain values or standards. In this case, the claim is making a judgment about the behavior of the second baseman, stating that they should not have dropped the ball. It implies an expectation or standard of what is considered correct or desired in a given situation.