It doesn’t say please at all. It says “we were doing this thing. Now we aren’t anymore.”
Exactly. It’s a status assertion.
I’ve presumably got some background assumptions that being teased means I’m in a one-down position.
It doesn’t say please at all. It says “we were doing this thing. Now we aren’t anymore.”
Exactly. It’s a status assertion.
I’ve presumably got some background assumptions that being teased means I’m in a one-down position.