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# There are dishes that need to be washed up.
# There are dishes that need to be washed up.
# They were dishes that need to be washed up before.
# They were dishes that need to be washed up before.
# Someone didn't wash 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 did wash up the dishes the last time they needed to be washed up.

Revision as of 14:55, 4 February 2013

The utterance "Would you mind washing up the dishes this time?" has the following presuppostions:

  1. There are dishes that need to be washed up.
  2. They were dishes that need to be washed up before.
  3. Someone didn't wash up the dishes the last time they needed to be washed up.
  4. Someone did wash up the dishes the last time they needed to be washed up.