When committing the fallacy of false cause, a speaker assumes

A. that when one thing follows another, the first is the cause of the second.
B. that an audience is familiar with the causes of an event.
C. that a single event has multiple causes.
D. All of these answers are correct.
E. Both that a single event has multiple causes and that an audience is familiar with the causes of an event.


Answer: A

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