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常用句型 In respond to the problem of …, as well as to … (improve? prevent?), the arguer concludes that … This recommendation is based on the following claims: …, and …, as evidenced by the fact that …/is based on the claim that … Several reasons/evidences are cited in support of the argument: first, second, third. At first glance, the argument is seemingly somewhat convincing, but further reflection reveals that the argument fails to address some important concerns which are necessary to substantiate the argument. Mix up correlation and causation This argument is a classic instance of what happens first is the cause reasoning. The only evidence put forward to support the causal claim that (AA is the cause of BB) is that (AA preceded BB). However, the sequence alone of two events is insufficient to constitute the causal claim. (Although the trend/tendency cited in the study has remained stable for the past 10 years, there is no guarantee that it/the same trend will continue.) Actually, the speaker overlooks other factors that might also contribute to the result. (The author overlooks the changes of environment where XX and YY happen) 具体举例：For instance, may…/ it is entirely possible that … ( In addition, …may… /perhaps that…) In short, without considering and ruling out all of these and other possibilities, the credibility of the arguer’s conclusion is really open to doubt for the reason that each of the possibilities, if true, would serve to undermine the arguer’s conclusion. 常见逻辑错误 (1) 无端假设（还是找其他可能）Most conspicuously, the argument rests on the gratuitous assumption that~~~（假设内容）The author, however, cite no evidence to support this assumption. This assumption is dubious in two aspects. For one thing, it’s entirely possible that~~~For another, even it is true that~~~the mere fact ~~~does not necessarily indicate that ~~~ Lacking this assumption, the expe