When you run out of good arguments, you always say this about me. Now, that a counterfeit argument may fit into more than one category is not disputed. In such cases, perhaps more information about the context is required. However, even with exhaustive information about the context, one may find it difficult, if not impossible, to classify a particular counterfeit argument into one and only one category. Language serves multiple purposes.
Reasoners sometimes operate with hidden agendas or motives.
In cases where there exists the possibility of classifying a counterfeit argument into more than one known category, we can agree that it is one or the other, and possibly both. This should not preclude effort to classify counterfeit arguments based on the defining characteristics of known categories. Fallacies of Ambiguity Fallacies of ambiguity occur in formulations of argument that use ambiguous words or phrases. This is a smaller class of fallacies that include the fallacies of equivocation, amphiboly, composition, and division. It is not difficult to come up with examples of each of the above.