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Support Salespeople always steer customers toward products from which they make their highest commissions, and Support all salespeople in major health stores work on commission. ██████ ████ ███ ███ ███████ ███████████ ██ █ █████ ██████ ██████ ███ ███ ██ ████ ████ ███ ██████ ███ ███████████ ████ █████ ███ ███████ ██ ███ ████████ ███ ███████████
Summarize Argument
The author concludes that salespeople at major health stores make inaccurate claims about vitamins because they persuade customers to buy products from which the salespeople earn the most money.
Identify and Describe Flaw
This is an ad hominem argument because it attacks the motives of the salespeople without ever addressing the content of their claims. It’s entirely possible that salespeople make at least some accurate claims when selling vitamins regardless of whether they’re trying to earn commission from the sale.
Analysis by Kevin_Lin
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e
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