A fallacy is

A. assuming that because something is true about one or a few items, it is true of all or most items of the same type.
B. an incomplete comparison that stretches a similarity too far.
C. a reasoning error.
D. an attack on a person rather than his or her argument.
E. none of these.


Answer: C

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