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Smgutste Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Logical Fallacies
Hey,
I would greatly appreciate a little help with my english home work..
Eliminate any logical fallacies from the paragraph:
In three nearby towns recently, high school administrators joined forces to take an outrageously strong stand against students' constitutional rights. Acting like fascists, they issued an edict in the form of a preposterous dress code that prohibits students from wearing expensive jewelry, designer jeans, leather jacket--anything that the administrators, in their supposed wisdom, consider ostentatious. Perhaps the next thing they'll want to do is forbid students to play rock music at school dances. What prompted the administrators' dictatorial prohibition against certain kinds of clothing? Somehow or other, they got it into their heads that having no restrictions on the way students drss creates an unhealthy environment, where students vie with each other for the flashiest attire. Students and parents alike should protest this and any other dress code. If such codes go into effect, we might as well throw out the Constitution.
Thanks.
I would greatly appreciate a little help with my english home work..
Eliminate any logical fallacies from the paragraph:
In three nearby towns recently, high school administrators joined forces to take an outrageously strong stand against students' constitutional rights. Acting like fascists, they issued an edict in the form of a preposterous dress code that prohibits students from wearing expensive jewelry, designer jeans, leather jacket--anything that the administrators, in their supposed wisdom, consider ostentatious. Perhaps the next thing they'll want to do is forbid students to play rock music at school dances. What prompted the administrators' dictatorial prohibition against certain kinds of clothing? Somehow or other, they got it into their heads that having no restrictions on the way students drss creates an unhealthy environment, where students vie with each other for the flashiest attire. Students and parents alike should protest this and any other dress code. If such codes go into effect, we might as well throw out the Constitution.
Thanks.
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- Perhaps logic is in the eye of the beholder.
- Of course the closing remark is absurd on the face of it, but so is taking it at face value.
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Hi smgu. Thanks for joining us. Welcome to English Forums.
Perhaps logic is in the eye of the beholder. Of course the closing remark is absurd on the face of it, but so is taking it at face value.
The only thing that strikes me as incorrect is that the "Somehow or other" sentence purports to answer the question, "What prompted them?" I should think something more concrete wo
Perhaps logic is in the eye of the beholder. Of course the closing remark is absurd on the face of it, but so is taking it at face value.
The only thing that strikes me as incorrect is that the "Somehow or other" sentence purports to answer the question, "What prompted them?" I should think something more concrete wo
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