“Make your contribution such as it is required, at the stage at which it occurs, by the accepted purpose or direction of the talk exchange in which you are engaged.” -- ″Grice, Paul (1975). “Logic and conversation”. pp. 41–58.″
Conversation is an art. The above is the ‘well-known’ Cooperative Principle.
Conversation is an art. The above is the ‘well-known’ Cooperative Principle.