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Bn77 Posted 18 years ago
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what's the correct answer?
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00 M:Didn't you get my message? 02 br
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00 M: Yesterday I asked your secretary to tell you to call me. 02 br
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00 M:Didn't you get my message? 02 br
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1 blockquote 01 cite 10 Bn77 12 cite 10 why (c) can't be the right answer? 02 br 00 So, if that is W's intent then, and only then, could (c) be the correct answer. 0-
- 1 blockquote 01 cite 10 Bn77 12 cite 10 why (c) can't be the right answer?
- 02 br 00 So, if that is W's intent then, and only then, could (c) be the correct answer.
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00 So, if that is W's intent then, and only then, could (c) be the correct answer. 0-
01 cite 10 Bn77 12 cite 10 why (c) can't be the right answer? 12 blockquote10 It's unnecessarily abrupt (rude, even) and it implies that M is lying to W. 02 br
00 So, if that is W's intent then, and only then, could (c) be the correct answer. 0-
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01 font 00 Yesterday I asked your secretary to 01 b 00 tell you 02 b 00 to call me. 02 font 02 br
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00 As an aside to your discussion, note that this use of 'tell' implies that the person speaking has some authority over the person who is supposed to call. Even in that case, it's not the most p
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00 As an aside to your discussion, note that this use of 'tell' implies that the person speaking has some authority over the person who is supposed to call. Even in that case, it's not the most p
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0 An altnerative to thinking that the man is lying is that this is (perhaps yet more) proof at the incompetance of the secretary. But even so, you'd expect a bit more, like "I told her if she screwed up one more message, she was fired. She new she was on thin ice. I can't believe what you're telling me! You'd think she would have found me at once!" 02 br
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