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# They were dishes that need to be washed up before. | # They were dishes that need to be washed up before. | ||
# Someone didn't wash up the dishes the last time they needed to be washed up. | # Someone didn't wash up the dishes the last time they needed to be washed up. | ||
# Someone did wash up the dishes the last time they needed to be washed up. | # Someone else did wash up the dishes the last time they needed to be washed up. | ||
Revision as of 14:57, 4 February 2013
The utterance "Would you mind washing up the dishes this time?" has the following presuppostions:
- There are dishes that need to be washed up.
- They were dishes that need to be washed up before.
- Someone didn't wash up the dishes the last time they needed to be washed up.
- Someone else did wash up the dishes the last time they needed to be washed up.