please give examples of “non sequitur” in complete sentences if possible?

The term “non sequitur” means not in sequence, or it does nto follow. What is written in the top response to your question is more like the Latin Ablative Absolute. those are simply things that don’t connect.

Think of “non sequitur” more like 1,2, 3, 7, 4, 5, 6, 8.

Non Sequiturs Meaning

a non-sequitur is a very common fallacy that occurs when a conlcusion is made that does not logically follow from the premise provided.

there are traditionally two types of non-sequiturs

1. affirming the consequent goes like this

if a is true, then b is true

b is true

therefore a is true.

remember that although the conclusion may be true, what qualifies the argument as a non-sequitur is that the conclusion doesnt follow from the premise. here’s an example of affirming the consequent:

if I am a living human being, i breathe air

i breathe air

therefore i am a living human being.

this is not necessarily true. i could be any animal that breathes air. just because i breathe air does not make me a living human being. this is one type of non-sequitur

2. the other type is called denying the antecedent and goes like this:

if a is true, the b is true

b is not true

therefore a is not true

here is an example of denying the antecedent:

if I am in Hollywood, i am in California

I am in California

therefore i am in Hollywood.

obviously, not true. I live in California, but am hours from Hollywood. (also, note that is either premise statement began “if and only if a is true…” then the statements would no longer be fallacious)

there are many other types of fallacious deduction that can be qualified as non-sequiturs, but do not necessarily follow either of these formulae.

for example:

if I get a new iPhone, everyone will love me!

there is no actual link between people loving you and your cell phone, but we hear people talking this way all the time. much of advertising focuses on this type of flawed reasoning.

hi, these are non sequiturs, meaning, no sequence of meaning.

while i was at the doctor today, oh i need milk and bread.

tomorrow is supposed to be beautiful, i need a bowl of cereal.

i’m wearing a new dress, it looks like rain.

i was vacuuming, dinner should be ready by 6.

i hope this helped. 🙂

Acually, sentences can begin with because or which if they’re done right. Because you weren’t taught grammar properly, you incorrectly thought sentences couldn’t begin with because. Which of these rules makes more sense: Sentences can’t begin with certain words ever, or that style is the greatest factor in what is wrong or right?

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please give examples of "non sequitur" in complete sentences if possible?