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In the modern-traditional version of the church Marriage Service, each person in the couple-to-be is asked,
'Will you take N. (= name) to be your lawful wedded wife/husband?'
And the reply is : ... |
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'I do.' |
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'I will.' |
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'I must.' |
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'I shall.' |
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In the heyday of the theatre-organ at the Tower Ballroom in the seaside resort of Blackpool, the resident organist (Reginald Dixon, 1930-70) used to play as his 'signature tune' an old music-hall song from 1907 whose chorus began with the words:
'Oh ~ I ... ... |
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... enjoy being at the beach.' |
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... love spending time beside the ocean.' |
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... do like to be beside the seaside.' |
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... 'm fairly fond of a seaside holiday, thank you very much.' |
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What would be the most emphatic positive answer to this question?
'Who's coming swimming this afternoon?' |
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I. |
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I am. |
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Me. |
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I'm. |
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What would be the most emphatic NEGATIVE answer to this question?
'Who's coming swimming this afternoon?' |
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'Not b****y likely!' |
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'No chance.' |
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'I'm not.' |
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'Definitely not me.' |
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Which is the most strongly persuasive way of introducing this idea?
' ... ... stuck in the middle of nowhere on a dark wet windy night, just 'cos you'd missed the last bus.' |
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'Don't get yourself ... |
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'You wouldn't want to be ... |
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'How daft to let yourself get ... |
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'Only a gibbering idiot would get ... |
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Which of these reaches most forcefully towards the centre of the problem? |
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'What seems to be the trouble?' |
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'Whatever is the matter with Charlie?' |
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'What on earth is going on in here all of a sudden?' |
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'What's everyone been up to?' |
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Which of these comes across as the most forceful version? |
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You really oughtn't to go rummaging in the cellar. |
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It is categorically forbidden to access the basement. |
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I'm very much afraid that downstairs is out of bounds. |
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The lower floor is off-limits until further notice. |
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Which is the strongest form of denial here?
'You've never been guilty of a criminal offence, have you?'
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'No.' |
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'I never have.' |
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'Categorically not.' |
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'I never did.' |
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Which is the most successfully, and persuasively, emphatic way to give a contradictory answer here?
'I don't suppose any of you has thought to bring along any relevant documents?'
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I did. |
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As a matter of fact, I have. |
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No, I fear not ~ not in my case, at any rate. |
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Well, you'd be mistaken then. |
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Which would probably be the most effective way of reminding someone of an important point you made earlier? |
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I need hardly remind you, surely, about what I said to you yesterday morning. |
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You haven't gone and forgotten my advice already, have you? |
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It sounds to me as though I'd been wasting my breath, warning you about this yesterday morning. |
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Just remember what I said, would you? |
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'I must' is not very confidence-inspiring, and 'I shall' is almost too formal; besides, neither of them echoes the phrasing of the question.