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Antonia Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

fallacy

Hello!

Can you please read this sentence and see if it is ok? Especially the expression "fallacy".

The fallacy of this approach is proved by experiences and findings of experts from developed world who also managed to identify, by systematic study of succesful negotiating practice, basic phases and constituents of the negotiating process.

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Not sure this will be of any help but... I've always used 'to prove' in a transitive form and the use you've made of this verb sounds weird to my ear. "

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Not sure this will be of any help but... I've always used 'to prove' in a transitive form and the use you've made of this verb sounds weird to my ear.
I think I would have said :
"This approach has proven fallacious with experiences and findings of experts from the developed world, who also managed to identify basic phases and constituents of the negotiating process, through systematic stu
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The fallacy of this approach has been proved by the experience and findings of experts from the developed world, who also managed to identify, by systematic study of successful negotiating practice, the basic phases and constituents of the negotiating process.


I might argue for the plural, fallacies.
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Thank you both very much.
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