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I don't believe I was wrong to assume so. It was the obvious explanation for why you would object to the action of referencing rather than asking for ...
August 28, 2019 at 15:07
Well, I don't know what good that might do for you, but for me I am pleased to have investigated thus far. I know much more already. It is clear thoug...
August 28, 2019 at 14:38
I'd rephrase that then, to be more generally accurate. A question is, by nature, asking for assistance to find an answer. In the example you gave of S...
August 28, 2019 at 10:58
Yes, I have a subtle sense of humour ;)
August 28, 2019 at 10:43
That is exactly why I said Bravo! Your rhetorical question "how helpful is that ?" was a perfect case in point :up: I agree, in all seriousness, that ...
August 28, 2019 at 10:38
It is when you say "It's cool that it sounds like a question, but it's not.", that you appear to be saying that though being framed as a question, the...
August 28, 2019 at 10:34
Evidently! :ok: That is why I say that rhetorical questions are risky, if the speaker's intention is to preach rather than to teach. Bravo! (I shall t...
August 28, 2019 at 09:48
Yes, I did say it in passing, but also yes I did have a particular point to make (that was quite a bit larger). She had quoted the scripture and I sai...
August 28, 2019 at 08:33
Well, it is only a part of language that happens to be in discussion here today. There are more important considerations to functional communication, ...
August 28, 2019 at 07:55
I had to Google "committee nature of self" and then I realised that he is sharing an insight into the nature of deliberations, so it immediately made ...
August 28, 2019 at 07:45
It's quite right. But I still need to be sure that what I think is right, in fact is right. So far I do not see that there is a case where a rhetorica...
August 27, 2019 at 19:10
It is important to read it right, because those people were pretty smart. What they're saying goes much deeper than what you are gaining from it, and ...
August 27, 2019 at 15:35