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