Question

Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal." Those who are more thrifty (as I must confess the times require) may flea the carcass; the skin of which, artificially dressed, will make admirable gloves for ladies, and summer boots for fine gentlemen. The false premise in this excerpt is that some people in England were suffering from poverty and hunger. some women wore gloves and some men wore summer boots. people sometimes spend less during times of economic hardship. people would be willing to use the skin of children to make clothing.

Answer 1

Answer:

people would be willing to use the skin of children to make clothing.

Explanation:

According to the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal.", the narrator makes use of false premise to believe that people would be willing to use the skin of children to make clothing.

Answer 2

Answer: use skin of children for clothing.

Explanation: edg 2020