Which item in the following set of claims has the most negative emotive meaning, and why do some choices seem meaner than others?a. I've never been fond of bowling.b. Bowling bores me to death.c. I'd rather read the phone book than bowl.d. On the pleasure scale, bowling ranks alongside pulling ticks off a dog.

What will be an ideal response?


It's ironic that a touch of humor (ridicule, really) can make a remark more vicious. Can understanding how many positive and negative ways there are to say essentially the same thing help you learn to control the emotive meaning of your own remarks?

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