Which direct speech act could "Let's behave like civilized, mature adults" be used to perform?
A) informative B) directive C) expressive D) commissive
B
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage."If the legislature can get away with requiring background checks, it will be encouraged to go forward with universal registration of guns, then to eventual banning of gun ownership. Let's not start down this path."
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
a. doesn't apply to countries where bribery is common. b. makes no distinction between bribery and extortion. c. provides stiff fines but not prison sentences for corporate officials engaging in bribery overseas.
d. outlaws "grease payments".Critique the definitions for the italicized term(s). Space is "[t]he nothingness of relation apprehended as a relation by the being which is its own relation."- Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness
a. Obscure b. Negative c. Figurative d. Circular