Practice Exercise 8 A - continued
Faulty Thinking
A.
- Barry asked Colleen what she would like to have for their anniversary
dinner Tuesday night. She said she would like to have stuffed duck.
Bert likes stuffed duck. He decided to cook stuffed duck.
- Luke was offered a call centre job where he would call people and
try to collect overdue bills. The call centre is on King Street. Luke
decided to take the job because he likes the name King Street.
- Vegetarians eat vegetables and they are very healthy people. Cucumbers
are a type of vegetable. A person could become very healthy by eating
only cucumbers.
- It was windy and rainy yesterday. Angela has a cold today. Wind and
rain caused Angela to become ill today.
- Sasha Checkov, world-renowned scientist from Russia, says that Straight
Cut razors are able to provide the best shave because they are scientifically
designed. Listen to Dr. Checkov and buy Straight Cut razors.
- Everyone on my rugby team will be wearing pink shirts and socks with
their tuxedos at the school dance. I should wear a pink shirt and pink
socks.
- Nine thousand people were given one Vitamin ZZ pill every day for
ten years. An additional nine thousand people were given no Vitamin
ZZ pills. All of the people in the study followed the same diet. Eight
thousand people from the Vitamin ZZ group experienced no loss of eyesight.
Eight thousand people from the no Vitamin ZZ group experienced a ten
percent decline in eyesight. The scientist concluded that most people
should take Vitamin ZZ to help reduce the loss of eyesight over time.
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