INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. William likes to eat. He also likes to make love. It follows that William likes to eat while he's making love

A) Red herring.

B) Amphiboly.

C) Division.

D) Composition.

E) No fallacy.


D

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