Responses

Apr 10, 2008 at 1:51 PM
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I am going to discuss what we learned in class today about responses.

Request:

Could you please tutor me?

Accept: Yes

Reject: I have a lot of work to do so I do not think I would have time

Assesment:

It is really pretty out today

Agree: Yes it was

Disagree: I thought it was a little warm at times

Blame:

You forgot to take out the trash:

Denial: No I did not forget I just have not been back to the house yet

Blame: You were suppose to do it

Offer/Invitation:

Would you like to go to dinner tonight?

Accept: That would be great.

Reject: No thank you. I have to work tonight.

Question:

How are you?

Expected: I am fine you?

Unexpected: Not good at all I have been having a really bad day.

Are all of these correct?

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I think those all work. I think that a better disagreement for the assessment would be something like, "It was nicer out yesterday." I say that just because saying it is a little warm I think could be ambiguous meaning it was warm and I love warm weather or it was too warm for my liking. But I think both of our disagreements are arguable to work.

I don't know what correctness would mean for this exercise, but these seem like plausible answers. Notice how the non-preferred answers are the longer ones. The preferred responses are the 'path of least resistance'. Oh man, it's so sad to think that this may be my final blog comment... Promise me we will keep posting... Don't let the dream die!

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