You know someone who likes to impress others with her knowledge of everything, although she has confessed to you that many times she makes up "facts" to win an argument. Now you should be aware that she violates Grice's maxim of

a. quantity.
b. manner.
c. relation.
d. quality.


Answer: d. quality.

Psychology

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