Exam 8: Formal Fallacies and Fallacies of Language

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage. Hard to believe,but jockey's wearing pink have won the last four races.Do you know how unlikely it is that it could happen a fifth time in a row? Bet on a horse with different colors this time.

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage. The angles of a triangle equal 180 degrees.Therefore each angle equals 180 degrees.

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage. Anybody who is well-informed must read at least one newspaper every day,and Murray reads two newspapers daily.So we can agree that Murray is a well-informed person.

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage. Been playing Lotto for years and haven't won a dime.I'm due.

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage. The average family has two-and-a-half children.The Hansons,next door,are an average family,so they must have two-and-a-half children.I don't know,maybe a stepson or something.

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage. "If you just realized what I just realized,then we'd be perfect for each other and we'd never find another.But you didn't just realize what I just realized." -Colby Calait

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage. Of course the girl was carrying binoculars! The witness said he saw her with binoculars.

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage. If Joel had paid his taxes on time,he wouldn't be audited.But he didn't pay on time,so you know he's going to be audited.

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage. If you are rich,then your car is something like a Mercedes or a Bentley.Oh! Is that your Bentley,you rich old thing,you?

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage. They blame homelessness on the economy,but that's no excuse.Is an explanation clearly being offered as an excuse or justification?

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage. If Shelley has read the Republic,then she's bound to know who Thrasymachus is.And,since she clear does know who Thrasymachus is,we can conclude that she must have read the Republic.

Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage. Stockton has the lowest credit rating of any city in the region.My cousin lives in Stockton,so I'm betting his credit is down the tube.