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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Agree to negative sentence
Hi!
When you hear someone saying for example "This is not the right way to behave", and you wish to agree, that this is definetly a wrong behavior,- do you answer "yes" or "no"?
I have a big discussion around this with a colleague
we are both not native speakers.
When you hear someone saying for example "This is not the right way to behave", and you wish to agree, that this is definetly a wrong behavior,- do you answer "yes" or "no"?
I have a big discussion around this with a colleague
we are both not native speakers.Top answer
It's ambiguous if you only say yes or no. Just repeat your opinion after it. This is not the right way to behave.
- It's ambiguous if you only say yes or no.
- Just repeat your opinion after it.
- This is not the right way to behave.
- No, it is not.
- (negative, negative) Yes, I agree.
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It's ambiguous if you only say yes or no. Just repeat your opinion after it.
This is not the right way to behave.
No, it is not. (negative, negative)
Yes, I agree. (positive, positive)
No, I don't agree. (negative, negative)
Yes, it is actually. (positive, positive)
This is not the right way to behave.
No, it is not. (negative, negative)
Yes, I agree. (positive, positive)
No, I don't agree. (negative, negative)
Yes, it is actually. (positive, positive)
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Imagine the situation, when someone is telling you a long story, a monologue, and all you have time to do is give very short answers. Then if you hear several sentences in a row like "this is not the right way to behave", "she has no idea what to do", "they will never meet my expectations", "I shall never undergo that again", will you follow these replicas with "yes", "mhm", "no, no" or...?
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