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| =====Sarcasm and humour===== | =====Sarcasm and humour===== |
| <html><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><B><SPAN><FONT face=Arial>Adding the tag 'why don't you?' means that the speaker is being sarcastic.</FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><B><SPAN><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><B><SPAN><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><B><SPAN><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">Make</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN><B><SPAN> fun of me, why don't you?</SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">Go </SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN><B><SPAN>ahead, <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">laugh</SPAN>, why don't you?</SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt"><SPAN><B><SPAN><FONT face=Arial>Just <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">lie</SPAN> about it then, why don't you?</FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt"><SPAN><B><SPAN><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><B><SPAN><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><B><SPAN><FONT face=Arial>These are not genuine invitations or orders. The speaker is reproaching someone for something he/she has already done.</FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><B><SPAN><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><B><SPAN><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black" lang=FR></SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black" lang=FR>Of course, the British are well-known for their sarcastic sense of humour. Imperatives can be found in many phrases coined by speakers of English. </SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black" lang=FR>For example:</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: |