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The above misconception could be changed thus:
THERE IS ONLY ONE KIND OF FORCE. HOWEVER, FORCES ARISE WHEN
VARIOUS FIELDS INTERACT WITH MATERIAL PARTICLES, AND THERE ARE FOUR
KNOWN FIELDS: ELECTROMAGNETISM, WEAK, STRONG, GRAVITY
Anyway, I think we would do some good if we warned students that gravity
is not a force, e-field is not a force, there is no "force of magnetism,"
etc. Try to undo the damage that the "four known forces" concept has
done. Make everyone feel uncomfortable when they accidentally say that
"electric force" fills the dielectric of a charged(!) capacitor, or that
the "force of gravity" fills the region surrounding the earth.