What do you find natural of "no" and "yeah"?
Dad: What did you do?
Son: Almost nothing.
Dad: Almost nothing? (skeptical)
Son: No/Yeah. But apparently enough to get expelled.
Dad: You got expelled?
First, which is your choice, please? It might help you to feel what is natural if you read this aloud. Clive
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First, which is your choice, please?
It might help you to feel what is natural if you read this aloud.
Clive
I find 'yeah ' the natural response.
Let's expand the sentence a bit.
Dad: Almost nothing? (skeptical)
Son: Yeah, I did almost nothing.
The son's position is that he did what his father says (almost nothing), so he is agreeing with his father.
Clive