Guest  +  58936 Thu, 02 Dec 04 06:42 PM Can someone please help me with this? Someone says the following sentence: "I am not a good driver." If I want to express agreement with that sentence, should I reply "Yes." or "No." ? In this example I am allowed to only use "yes" or "no", and long anwer is not allowed. "Yes, you are." or "No, you are not." is not allowed. Thanks a lot. Guest

	fluffyzzz  +  58970 Thu, 02 Dec 04 10:00 PM if you want to agree with the statement you will say yes. Hence: YES i agree "[you are] not a good driver." fluffyzzz Joined on Thu, Dec 2 2004 Gainesville, Florida, USA New Member 15 ^ the opinion of an american college freshmen

	CalifJim  +  59022 Fri, 03 Dec 04 02:55 AM I would say "No". The only thing you have to communicate in addition to the one word in this artificial exercise is tone of voice. I'd lengthen the vowel and using a steady intonation or slightly falling intonation. Raising the eyebrows would also be a good signal. CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,467 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Intonations, Vowels

	Clive  +  452557 Wed, 12 Dec 07 10:29 PM Hi, If you are actually in the passenger seat of a car which this person is driving, then perhaps you could scream, open the door and throw yourself out. That might possibly help to make your agreement with the statement a bit clearer. Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,679 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo