The differences between a vaild arguement and a strong arguement can often be a fine line but if you know the difference and stop to think about it, it can help a lot. A valid arguement is an arguement that can not be proven wrong by anyone. A strong arguement is an arguement is one that may possibly be right but not always is right.
An example of a valid arguement would be that to legally drive a car by yourself in the state of California you have to be 16, have insurance and have passed your permit test and own a legal licence. This would be valid because no one can argue that anyone under that age can legally operate a car. And if you are that age you must have insurance and a licence.
An example of a strong arguement would be that you can drive a car even if you don't have a licence. This would be a strong arguement because you may be able to operate the car but just because you can doesn't mean it is legal and you're allowed to drive it. If you were to get caught you'd get in trouble with the law and be punnished.
In the end the diffence between the two arguements is that a vaild arguement is always true. A strong arguement may be true but isn't always true.
Dear Big Cat,
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful post because it shows your great knowledge of the subject. Your descriptive examples really helped me, and I'm sure a lot of our classmates, better understand the difference between a valid and strong argument. It is always nice to get another example to reassure the slight, but important difference between the arguments. Your example of being 16 to get your license was very effective because it took a real life situation that everyone can relate to and applied it to our classwork. I think your use of a strong argument was great because it is very true that people always try to argue that 16 is too long to wait to get your license. I don't know about you but I am thankful for that law because the teen accident rate is already ridiculous so there is no need for more trouble on the road. Great work!! looking forward to your next post!
Sincerely yours,
hb1