Assertive and Non-assertive
Matching exercise
Focus on the items in italics
Haven't you started yet?
Does that mean you have already finished?
Will somebody open the door?
Did someone help you with this?
She hadn't far to come
Has anything gone wrong?
Is it really such a long way?
I don't understand some of this
Assertive pronoun marked for presupposition
Marked assertive noun phrase
Assertive pronoun marked for interrogative request
Unmarked non-assertive adverb
Unmarked non-assertive pronoun
Unmarked non-assertive adverb
Marked assertive determiner indicating scope of negation
Unmarked non-assertive adverb