Fallacy of Figures of Speech

Vong, Jayson Otchengco, Ryan

Definition
An Ambiguous argument The fallacy of figures of speech stems from the mistake of inferring similarly of meaning from similarity of word structure. These fallacies may be committed when one uses prefixesin-, ir-, and im- and suffixes -ible, -able, and less.

Example
A restless person is not restful A careless person is not careful Therefore, a priceless person is without value or worth What is insoluble is not soluble Inadequate means not adequate. Hence, invaluable means not valuable

Jumped is the past tense of jump Walked is the past tense of walk Therefore, goed is the past tense of go