Read the sentence. If someone refuses to learn how to do something, people will never develop new skills, and will struggle to get through life. Which word or phrase best replaces the underlined part of the sentence to remove a logical fallacy?

A. that person

B. the public

C. student

D. children

A. that person

Explanation:

you are talking about a singular person. Not the public, students, or children

The word or phrase that best replaces the underlined part of the sentence to remove a logical fallacy is:

A. that person.

Explanation:

Even though there is no underlined word in the sentence, we can safely assume it would be the word "people". There is a fallacy in using "people" because, previously, the speaker began by talking about "someone". Someone is just the one person. How did we go from one person to several, many people? Why is it that this someone not learning something causes many people to never develop skills? It doesn't. There is flawed reasoning here. To correct it and remove the logical fallacy, we should keep the sentence as specific as it was at the beginning:

If someone refuses to learn how to do something, that person will never develop new skills, and will struggle to get through life.