Identify the fallacy:All fishes live in water All frogs live in water – McqOptions

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1.	Identify the fallacy:All fishes live in water All frogs live in water Therefore ,All frogs are fishes
A.	undistributed middle
B.	illicit major
C.	illicit minor
D.	ambiguous middle
Answer» B. illicit major

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