It's time for the United States to convert to the metric system, like every other
industrialized country. Sure, the old-fashioned English system of inches, yards,
quarts, and gallons is part of our country's cultural tradition. But would you drive a
horse-drawn cart instead of a car simply because your great-grandfather did?
Certain traditions must be given up when they no longer make sense.
How does the use of a rhetorical question affect the argument?
A. It helps the reader to recognize the history of the English system of measurement.
B. It encourages the reader to imagine what life was like several generations ago.
C. It weakens the position that the English system should be preserved because it is traditional.