Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify the issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or deductive; supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify claims better left unstated.Sal is probably going to be late, since the traffic is so bad. And he said he had an errand to run on his way over here.

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