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The fallacies in this section are all cases where a word or phrase is used unclearly.
There are two ways in which this can occur.
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(i) The word or phrase may be ambiguous, in which case it has more than
one distinct meaning.
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(ii) The word or phrase may be vague, in which case it has no distinct
meaning.
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The following are fallacies of ambiguity: |
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[Equivocation] (The same term is used in two different ways)
[Amphiboly] (The structure of a sentence allows two different interpretations)
[Accent] (An emphasis suggests a meaning different from what is actually said)
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25 May 1995 / 06 January 1996.