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"Every stone in the wall Donald Trump has promised to build on the U.S.-Mexico border will cost only $20 to install. Therefore, all of the stonework in the wall only cost $20 to install."

Do you guys think this is composition or amphiboly?
asked on Thursday, Nov 14, 2019 11:35:13 AM by ryan

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It should say each stone and then it would be more clear that the cost refers to the singular stone, but even with every it still refers to every instance of a stone and not the total. Not sure if there's a fallacy.
answered on Thursday, Nov 21, 2019 10:37:24 PM by Bryan

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The most impressive case of the Fallacy of Composition I have ever seen. Who wrote this?

answered on Monday, Mar 09, 2020 05:38:30 PM by Aryan

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