First, unless one is involved in formal debate, we rarely see one present a formal syllogism that is subject to a formal fallacy. What we find in real life is a bunch of words that need to be parsed into an argument. We often find when there is a flaw in the logical structure of the argument (i.e., a formal fallacy), there is also one or more problems with the content (i.e., informal fallacies). It is good to know these two general classifications, but don’t expect to spot formal fallacies in everyday situations.
