Which of the following arguments commits the fallacy of equivocation?
A) Too much sodium chloride is bad for your heart, so too much table salt is bad for your heart.
B) Shakespeare's plays are very popular, so he should have written more of them.
C) Some publishers censor speech by refusing to publish controversial authors, and censorship violates the First Amendment, so some publishers violate the First Amendment by refusing to publish controversial authors.
D) No rap song can also be a country song since those are two completely different genres of music.
E) A library card should always be kept on your person since a library card is required if you want to check out books at the library.
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