When Friends Talk Over One Another Rather Than Listening to One

question 11

Multiple Choice

When friends talk over one another rather than listening to one another before speaking, they are violating _____.

• A) a contextual rule
• B) a conversational rule
• C) syntax
• D) semantics

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