Fallacy has 3 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | That's not a valid argument. It's a logical fallacy. | |
| 2. | The fact that most criminals belong to a certain group does not imply that most members of that group are criminals. To claim that it does is to commit the inverse fallacy. | |
| 3. | Let me therefore enter upon this noble cause with a chearfulness, grounded upon this assurance, that my adversary's cause is maintain'd by nothing but fraud, fallacy, ignorance and barbarity; whereas mine has light, truth, reason, the practice and the learning of the best ages of the world, of its side. | |
| 4. | This is a fallacy. | |
| 5. | If a hotelier touts an unproven or dangerous medicine, or if a film actor sells polished stones or scented candles with purported health benefits, these are examples of a kind of informal fallacy called an "appeal to authority". | |
| 6. | Although an appeal to popularity is in fact a logical fallacy, a religious person may sometimes speak of an ecumenical truth as being right or true because everyone believes it. | |
| 7. | Finishing a book or movie you've started but don't like is a good example of the sunk cost fallacy. | |
| 8. | Affirming the consequent is an example of a formal logical fallacy. |