Which direct speech act could "Avoid saying what might break my heart to pieces" be used to perform?

A) informative B) directive C) expressive D) commissive


B

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The Scottish anthropologist who wrote the multivolume study of mythology called The Golden Bough is

A. C. G. Jung. B. James Frazer. C. E. B. Tylor. D. Sigmund Freud.

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One reason utilitarianism doesn't require us to always be saints (always strive to improve the world) is that:

a. when we try to this we usually fail b. utilitarianism tells us to make ourselves, not others, as happy as possible c. utilitarianism instructs us to avoid harming others; it says nothing about improving the world d. our health is the most important thing; always working to improve he world would hurt us

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