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i. An optimist is a person who visits shrines and holy places,
ii. The glutton ate and drank excessively.
iii. During the meeting, the stenographer wrote in shorthand.
iv. <u>A</u> mayor steals things as a habit.
OR
<u>The</u><u> </u>mayor steals things as a habit
Using A in the fourth sentence makes it sound a bit off the grid
A shriveled rose
This being that because the rose is dying (this is only one perspective)
The logical fallacy that appears in this excerpt is D. Reversing causal direction.
<h3>What is a logical fallacy?</h3>
It should be noted that logical fallacy simply means an informal fallacy that makes an argument invalid.
In this case, the logical fallacy that appears in this excerpt is reversing causal direction. It is believed that the elephants resulted in the problem.
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