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Chapter 6 Exploration: How Do I Agree With Thee? Let Me Count the Ways Directions: All of the following suggest agreement: Yes Yeah Yep Uh-huh Affirmative Correct Sure OK Fine All right Okey-dokey Right on I agree

1) Which of these do you use? Which ones would you never use, and why? I use all of the words except: affirmative, right on, and I agree. I don't use these because I am never in a context where they would really make much sense or be required. Most social situations that require agreement usually involve a response of one of the others listed rather than these three. 2) With whom would you use each expression? I use the more "formal" yes, correct, and all right with those who are in a more professional standing than I am. With my friends or my parents, I will use the more casual forms of agreement. 3) How do you decide which expressions are appropriate and which ones aren't? It really depends on how well I know a person, and then the social context in which we are speaking in at the time. If someone recites the spelling of my name and asks if they spelled it correctly, then I will respond with correct rather than something like all right which really makes no sense in that context. So it's really based on my experience in social situations as to which ones I think will be appropriate for a given situation.