Mary Beth asks David, "Do you know the fastest way to get downtown?" He answers with
one word:
"Yes." His answer violates which conversational principle?
A. Quality
B. Quantity
C. Relevancy
D. Manner
B
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Haley investigates the local school system’s handling of fundraiser money. After being assured she and her husband will not be mentioned in Haley’s article, the band director’s wife confidentially informs Haley that her husband knows the principal took the fundraising money to pay a gambling debt, but he will pay all of it back by the end of the month. Haley prints a front-page story naming the band director as a source, and the principal fires him. Haley obviously does not believe in ______.
A. categorical imperative B. accuracy C. self-determination D. diversity