Proclaim: Concur

CONTRACTION

An utterance which shows writers’ expectation for the putative readers to agree with the preposition and/or to have the same knowledge.

This includes lexico-grammatical items such as naturally, if course, obviously, admittedly. These items reveal writer’s expectation for the reader to agree with the idea.

There are two sub-types of concur which we do not differentiate in the current project. These are affirm and concede (Tan, 2010).

Affirm examples

  • The ability of a population to successfully reproduce is obviously a crucial aspect of a society’s survival.
  • Bailey, of course, was that rarity, a cricketer who at his best was worldclass with both bat and ball.
  • The Bush administration, as we all know, has rejected the Kyoto agreement
  • As we can see, the popularity of Woodlands new town between residents and non-residents is directly opposite to each other.
  • Furthermore , we can easily see that the semantic overdetermination of the Pygmalion story is already there , as J. Hillis Miller sees , in Ovid .
  • Everyone knows that linguistics is fun.
  • I know Inspector Morse was supposed (ATTRIBUTE) to be the pinnacle of the late John Thaw’s career.

Concede examples

  • Admittedly, he was badly behaved.
  • Indeed, it is odd that both the FTC and courts have historically regarded huge, publicly traded insurance firms rather than health providers as the legal proxy of patients.
  • Sure, he broke rules.
  • If, as all the pundits are saying, there is no hope of normalcy returning soon

Some tricky example, but we all categorize them under concur:

  • Certainly he was badly behaved but look at what he has achieved.

Certainly illustrates there may be multiple functions that an item can accomplish depending on the context. Here, “Certainly …., but” can be considered as concur, but certainly can be used as Entertain (see example).

Rhetorical questions are sometimes categorized as Concur:

  • Should we go to war against these children? (CONCUR) (Tip: Tag the entire question.)

See Rhetorical questions for other possibilities.

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