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This 4 page paper responds to four specific questions: how advertisers misuse language, how has computer technology has changed language, an example of an observed syllogism and what the student learned about syllogisms. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Allstate make the statement that consumers will save hundreds of dollars if they switch to that company. What is fascinating is that each of these companies shows a chart with
their insurance costing x amount of dollars less than the others. This type of advertising does not provide all the information. For one thing, they do not identify the city
and state where these insurance premiums would be valid. For another thing, there is no information about the parameters of the insurance, e.g., what the deductible is or what the
limits are. The companies are promoting a universal truth without presenting the true particulars. The reader or viewer of these advertisements does not have the facts needed to reach the
same conclusion as the advertiser. In terms of a logical argument, the companies are making comparisons and promoting a conclusion. However, the conclusion lacks soundness because it does not
provide accurate and complete facts. 2. Has computer technology changed our language? It has always been true that the passage of time and events and advances during that time
passage changes language. New words are created, old words are forgotten, slang emerges with generations and advances in technology comes with new words and phrases. The language associated with computers
and the Internet could well be viewed as a foreign language. For example, consider the word mouse which is a creature, and undesirable rodent when it invades homes but now,
that word also means a device one uses to operate a computer. Bits, bytes, megabytes, gigabytes, megahertz, MP3, iPod, bluetooth, wireless, B2B, threading, RAM, ROM, CD-ROM, IM, text-messaging and on
and on. Who ever heard of a blue tooth? Does MP3 have something to do with the Military Police? And, threading used to mean putting a piece of thread through
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