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In the above argument, the arguer intends to convince us that the dentists who advertise to attract patients should target the male consumers and emphasize both the effectiveness of their anesthetic techniques and the sensitivity of their staff to nervous or suffering patients. To support the argument, the arguer cites the statistics from dentists to indicate that men are more likely to be distressed about having dental work done than women are. However, as it stands, the argument is hardly convincing due to the following critical fallacies.

The major weak point of the argument is that the arguer cites a false survey to substantiate the reasoning of the argument. In the survey, the arguer fails to offer any information about the number of the subjects investigated and whether there is a procedure of random sampling, therefore we have good reason to doubt that the number of the subjects is small, rendering the statistics from the survey are in lack of representation of the actual attitude of the patients. Moreover, the arguer fails to offer us the exact number of men and women in the survey. Hence, it is totally possible that the number of men investigated is much larger than the number of women investigated, rendering the argument further lack of credibility.

The second fallacy undermining the argument is that the arguer commits a fallacy of false causality. Even if we assume that the number of men who faint is larger than the number of the women who faint, the arguer fails to offer evidence to establish the causality between the assumption and the conclusion that men are more likely to be distressed about having dental work done than women are. Perhaps, the dental work performed on the men causes more pain. Without offering explicit information about the dental work, we have good reason to doubt that it is the difference between the dental work of the women and the men leads to the difference in the number of person who faint.

The last but not least fallacy of the argument is that the arguer commits a hasty generalization in concluding that the dentists should target the male consumers. The arguer fails to offer the exact number of the women patients and the men patients, therefore the suggestion in the argument may result in the decline of the number of customers due to the decline of the number of the female patients. Further, other steps such as low price may attract more customers.

To sum up, the argument is hardly convincing due to the above fallacies. To make the argument more acceptable, the arguer should offer more information about the survey and make a fuller consideration before concluding.

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In the above argument, the arguer intends to convince us that the dentists who advertise to attract patients should target the male consumers and emphasize both the effectiveness of their anesthetic techniques and the sensitivity of their staff to nervous or suffering patients. To support the argument, the arguer cites the statistics from dentists to indicate that men are more likely to be distressed about having dental work done than women are. However, as it stands, the argument is hardly convincing due to the following critical fallacies.

The major weak point of the argument is that the arguer cites a false survey to substantiate the reasoning of the argument. In the survey, the arguer fails to offer any information about the number of the subjects investigated and whether there is a procedure of random sampling, therefore we have good reason to doubt that the number of the subjects is small, rendering the statistics from the survey are in lack of representation of the actual attitude of the patients. Moreover, the arguer fails to offer us the exact number of men and women in the survey. Hence, it is totally possible that the number of men investigated is much larger than the number of women investigated, rendering the argument further lack of credibility.[觉得加一句，这样导致了男人昏厥的总人数增多，但是比例可能一样或更低会更好]

The second fallacy undermining the argument is that the arguer commits a fallacy of false causality. Even if we assume that the number of men who faint is larger than the number of the women who faint, the arguer fails to offer evidence to establish the causality between the assumption and the conclusion that men are more likely to be distressed about having dental work done than women are. Perhaps, the dental work performed on the men causes more pain. [为什么给男人带来的痛苦更多呢？是不是应该解释一下]Without offering explicit information about the dental work, we have [a]good reason to doubt that it is the difference between the dental work of the women and the men [that]leads to the difference in the number of person who faint.

The last but not least fallacy of the argument is that the arguer commits a hasty generalization in concluding that the dentists should target the male consumers. The arguer fails to offer the exact number of the women patients and the men patients, therefore the suggestion in the argument may result in the decline of the number of customers due to the decline of the number of the female patients. [顾客中的女性少了，总顾客人数就少了吗？男性顾客人数增加比女性顾客多的话，总人数不久增多了吗？虽然你的句子里提到说没有给出明确的男女人数，但是具体说一下女性占很大比例，这样比较合理，否则会很突兀，你认为呢？]Further, other steps such as low price may attract more customers.[这句可令起一段，展开说]

To sum up, the argument is hardly convincing due to the above fallacies. To make the argument more acceptable, the arguer should offer more information about the survey and make a fuller consideration before concluding.
[我感觉本论述重点应该放在后两个论证段，即男人昏厥数目多不一定代表男人更害怕，以及吸引病人要考虑的其他因素等。这样会感觉比较全面。本人的小小建议，共勉]