Compound claims are composed of multiple claims using the word “or” to connect the claims together to make one claim. The claims connected by “or” are known as alternatives. There can be two claims in a sentence, but depending on the connecting word it may not be a compound claim.
I could drink water or I can drink soda. This is a compound claim because there are two alternatives connected by “or” to make the sentence a compound claim.
When using compound claims it is easy to confuse whether the claim is true of false. Sometimes the word “because” is used as a connector, but that makes the claim an argument not a compound claim.
This chapter has really helped me learn how there can multiple types of claims and how to tell the difference between them. It is really easy to make a mistake when making a claim act as a claim and not an argument.
I like your example and you really explained it well. "I could drink water or I can drink soda" is really a compound claim and a one claim because you are either going to drink or drink soda which is doing one thing or the other. The word "or" indicates that you're doing one thing or the other. On the other hand, if you used the word "and" to connect the claims, "I could drink water and I can drink soda", it would make the compound claim two claims because you will be doing both things, drinking water and drinking soda.
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