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Tenacious Learner Posted 13 years ago
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Is it a good reasoning? (yet)
Hi teachers,
Is it a good reasoning?
Examples:
(1) Mother: Have you done your homework yet?
(2) Mother: Haven't you done your homework yet? That's incredible! Two hours for one page!
Reasoning:
(1) To me, the first one is more neutral because you are asking for information, it can be answer with a 'yes' or 'no'.
(2) But for the second option, we should have visual evidence or previous information, shouldn't we? So, the answers is always no, isn't it?
Thanks in advance.
Is it a good reasoning?
Examples:
(1) Mother: Have you done your homework yet?
(2) Mother: Haven't you done your homework yet? That's incredible! Two hours for one page!
Reasoning:
(1) To me, the first one is more neutral because you are asking for information, it can be answer with a 'yes' or 'no'.
(2) But for the second option, we should have visual evidence or previous information, shouldn't we? So, the answers is always no, isn't it?
Thanks in advance.
Top answer
Your reasoning is correct. We can't say in case 2 that the answer is always "No", but that would certainly be the expected answer if this were a sincere question. No answer is actually expected, however.
- Your reasoning is correct.
- We can't say in case 2 that the answer is always "No", but that would certainly be the expected answer if this were a sincere question.
- No answer is actually expected, however.
- It's a rhetorical question that assumes the answer is "No" even before it is asked.
- CJ
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Your reasoning is correct.
We can't say in case 2 that the answer is always "No", but that would certainly be the expected answer if this were a sincere question. No answer is actually expected, however. It's a rhetorical question that assumes the answer is "No" even before it is asked.
CJ
We can't say in case 2 that the answer is always "No", but that would certainly be the expected answer if this were a sincere question. No answer is actually expected, however. It's a rhetorical question that assumes the answer is "No" even before it is asked.
CJ
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Thinking Spain(2) But for the second option, we should have visual evidence or previous information, shouldn't we? So, the answers is always no, isn't it?Hi TS, if the mother is making an inaccurate assumption about what the child is working on, the response from the child could be something like: "yes, I did my homework already. Now I'm writing
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Shawn79 if the mother is making an inaccurate assumption about what the child is working on, the response from the child could be something like: "yes, I did my homework already. Now I'm writing an email to Grandma."Hi Shawn,
Isn't it very right?
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