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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Negative question answers
A: My friend James is not your friend James then?
B1: Yeah, they are not the same person.
B2: No, they are not the same person.
I want to know if in this example both answers (B1 and B2) have the meaning: "Correct. They are not the same person. They are two different people."
B1: Yeah, they are not the same person.
B2: No, they are not the same person.
I want to know if in this example both answers (B1 and B2) have the meaning: "Correct. They are not the same person. They are two different people."
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Rover_KEanswers here.Rover, Your link isn't working. Could you please fix it? Thanks. Jim
CJ
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Maybe you can answer my question too? 
I would be very happy to get an answer.
I would be very happy to get an answer. 00
AnonymousI want to know if in this example both answers (B1 and B2) have the meaningYes, but if I were answering as in B1, I wouldn't say "Yeah"; I'd say "Right" or "That's right".
B2 strikes me as the more direct way of getting the point across.
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AnonymousA: My friend James is not your friend James then?B1 thinks - that is not really a question. It is a statement. I agree with the statement: "My friend James is not your friend James."
Yeah. They are two different people.
AnonymousA: My friend James is not your friend James then?B2 thinks - that is a question
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Thank you. You say B1 answers with "yeah" cause he thinks it is a statement. But can you also answer a negative statement with "no"? For example:
A: Ahhhh, now I understand why you described James so different, I really thought we talk about the same person. But they are not the same then.
B: No they aren't. They are two different people.
Is the answer of B with "No they aren
A: Ahhhh, now I understand why you described James so different, I really thought we talk about the same person. But they are not the same then.
B: No they aren't. They are two different people.
Is the answer of B with "No they aren
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A: .... I really thought we talk about the same person. But they are not the same then.
B: (Agreeing with A, he restates exactly what A just said.) No, they aren't the same.
B: (Agreeing with A's negative statement.) Yes, I agree. They aren't the same.
Either way, restating A's negative or agreeing with the truth of A's statement, B is agreeing with A.
But B has to follow
B: (Agreeing with A, he restates exactly what A just said.) No, they aren't the same.
B: (Agreeing with A's negative statement.) Yes, I agree. They aren't the same.
Either way, restating A's negative or agreeing with the truth of A's statement, B is agreeing with A.
But B has to follow
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Thank you. Just to unterstand you correct:
A: Ahhhh, now I understand why you described James so different, I really thought we talk about the same person. But they are not the same then.
B: No they aren't.
... In this example B confirms that they talk about two different people, correct?
A: Ahhhh, now I understand why you described James so different, I really thought we talk about the same person. But they are not the same then.
B: No they aren't.
... In this example B confirms that they talk about two different people, correct?
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rickdix... In this example B confirms that they talk about two different people, correct?Yes, that's how I would take it.
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