Determine whether the following argument is inductive or deductive:

Question

"Every word has the letter e in it. Therefore, your name has the letter e in it."

Answer 1

The given argument is deductive.

In a deductive argument, if the premises are true and the reasoning is valid, then the conclusion must be true. In this case, the premises state that every word has the letter 'e' in it, and the conclusion follows logically from this premise. If it is true that every word has the letter 'e' in it, then it logically follows that your name, being a word, will also have the letter 'e' in it.