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How do I properly respond to “Have you sorted everything out”?
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There is a guy at my university from another class asking me "Have you sorted everything out"every day, I don't know how to properly respond to that which is embarrassing. What is the best reply to that?
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There is a guy at my university from another class asking me "Have you sorted everything out"every day, I don't know how to properly respond to that which is embarrassing. What is the best reply to that?
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about how the English language is used. You are looking for social or psychological advice.
– Tuffy
Mar 6 at 8:50
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Why would he ask that every day? Is there an ongoing issue that needs to be resolved?
– RichouHunter
Mar 6 at 8:51
@Tuffy I am asking how to reply for that question any not any psychological advice lol! Even though I described the situation!
– AussieKenDoll
Mar 6 at 9:00
@RichouHunter Hos first language is not English so I think he don’t even know how to use it!
– AussieKenDoll
Mar 6 at 9:01
@AussieKenDoll What is there about the language (vocabulary or grammar) of the question that makes it difficult to answer appropriately?
– Tuffy
Mar 6 at 9:03
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There is a guy at my university from another class asking me "Have you sorted everything out"every day, I don't know how to properly respond to that which is embarrassing. What is the best reply to that?
meaning slang
asked Mar 6 at 8:36
AussieKenDollAussieKenDoll
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There is a guy at my university from another class asking me "Have you sorted everything out"every day, I don't know how to properly respond to that which is embarrassing. What is the best reply to that?
meaning slang
meaning slang
asked Mar 6 at 8:36
AussieKenDollAussieKenDoll
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asked Mar 6 at 8:36
AussieKenDollAussieKenDoll
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asked Mar 6 at 8:36
AussieKenDollAussieKenDoll
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asked Mar 6 at 8:36
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asked Mar 6 at 8:36
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about how the English language is used. You are looking for social or psychological advice.
– Tuffy
Mar 6 at 8:50
2
Why would he ask that every day? Is there an ongoing issue that needs to be resolved?
– RichouHunter
Mar 6 at 8:51
@Tuffy I am asking how to reply for that question any not any psychological advice lol! Even though I described the situation!
– AussieKenDoll
Mar 6 at 9:00
@RichouHunter Hos first language is not English so I think he don’t even know how to use it!
– AussieKenDoll
Mar 6 at 9:01
@AussieKenDoll What is there about the language (vocabulary or grammar) of the question that makes it difficult to answer appropriately?
– Tuffy
Mar 6 at 9:03
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about how the English language is used. You are looking for social or psychological advice.
– Tuffy
Mar 6 at 8:50
2
Why would he ask that every day? Is there an ongoing issue that needs to be resolved?
– RichouHunter
Mar 6 at 8:51
@Tuffy I am asking how to reply for that question any not any psychological advice lol! Even though I described the situation!
– AussieKenDoll
Mar 6 at 9:00
@RichouHunter Hos first language is not English so I think he don’t even know how to use it!
– AussieKenDoll
Mar 6 at 9:01
@AussieKenDoll What is there about the language (vocabulary or grammar) of the question that makes it difficult to answer appropriately?
– Tuffy
Mar 6 at 9:03
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about how the English language is used. You are looking for social or psychological advice.
– Tuffy
Mar 6 at 8:50
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about how the English language is used. You are looking for social or psychological advice.
– Tuffy
Mar 6 at 8:50
2
2
Why would he ask that every day? Is there an ongoing issue that needs to be resolved?
– RichouHunter
Mar 6 at 8:51
Why would he ask that every day? Is there an ongoing issue that needs to be resolved?
– RichouHunter
Mar 6 at 8:51
@Tuffy I am asking how to reply for that question any not any psychological advice lol! Even though I described the situation!
– AussieKenDoll
Mar 6 at 9:00
@Tuffy I am asking how to reply for that question any not any psychological advice lol! Even though I described the situation!
– AussieKenDoll
Mar 6 at 9:00
@RichouHunter Hos first language is not English so I think he don’t even know how to use it!
– AussieKenDoll
Mar 6 at 9:01
@RichouHunter Hos first language is not English so I think he don’t even know how to use it!
– AussieKenDoll
Mar 6 at 9:01
@AussieKenDoll What is there about the language (vocabulary or grammar) of the question that makes it difficult to answer appropriately?
– Tuffy
Mar 6 at 9:03
@AussieKenDoll What is there about the language (vocabulary or grammar) of the question that makes it difficult to answer appropriately?
– Tuffy
Mar 6 at 9:03
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Have you sorted everything out?
This is a perfectly good sentence with a subject pronoun, a verb and an object.
So why has the OP got a problem?
It has to be about the reference of the noun everything.
It is not exactly a problem of grammar, though that could be argued. It is more about propositional reference. The noun ‘everything’, like pronouns, is context dependent. We know and understand exactly what the sentence means. But we (I mean those of us who are not parties to the discussion) have no idea what the speaker is talking about.
A question like this presupposes that there is some list of things to be sorted by the addressee. For example, perhaps they are planning a party, or organising a trip to Europe, and the addressee is supposed to be getting it all ‘sorted’.
Since you ask the question, we have to assume that there is no such context. So the sentence is malformed, but void of reference and therefore meaning. It has no truth value. You know of no conditions under which an answer of yes or no would be true or false.
Well, there is a second possibility: that the speaker has a personal catchphrase, which is his way of asking how you are getting on in general. It has been suggested that you answer: “yes, fine, thank you, and have you?”. If he gets angry or looks at you as if you are crazy, you can exclude that possibility. If he says “great”, you have your answer.
Or you could say: “Not yet, I’ve been busy”. and see how he reacts.
Or you could say: “What do you mean?”. and see whether and hoe he reacts.
But none of these is about the use of the English language. They are strategies for dealing with an inexplicable sequence of utterances. So they are performative rather than communicative. None of your ‘answers’ is intended as an answer. It is more like a litmus test. So it is about what you do about what seems to be strange behaviour.
By the way, these examples of possible responses are only used to illustrate why the issue is not one of language. I am not recommending that any of them should be attempted. Far from it.
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Have you sorted everything out?
This is a perfectly good sentence with a subject pronoun, a verb and an object.
So why has the OP got a problem?
It has to be about the reference of the noun everything.
It is not exactly a problem of grammar, though that could be argued. It is more about propositional reference. The noun ‘everything’, like pronouns, is context dependent. We know and understand exactly what the sentence means. But we (I mean those of us who are not parties to the discussion) have no idea what the speaker is talking about.
A question like this presupposes that there is some list of things to be sorted by the addressee. For example, perhaps they are planning a party, or organising a trip to Europe, and the addressee is supposed to be getting it all ‘sorted’.
Since you ask the question, we have to assume that there is no such context. So the sentence is malformed, but void of reference and therefore meaning. It has no truth value. You know of no conditions under which an answer of yes or no would be true or false.
Well, there is a second possibility: that the speaker has a personal catchphrase, which is his way of asking how you are getting on in general. It has been suggested that you answer: “yes, fine, thank you, and have you?”. If he gets angry or looks at you as if you are crazy, you can exclude that possibility. If he says “great”, you have your answer.
Or you could say: “Not yet, I’ve been busy”. and see how he reacts.
Or you could say: “What do you mean?”. and see whether and hoe he reacts.
But none of these is about the use of the English language. They are strategies for dealing with an inexplicable sequence of utterances. So they are performative rather than communicative. None of your ‘answers’ is intended as an answer. It is more like a litmus test. So it is about what you do about what seems to be strange behaviour.
By the way, these examples of possible responses are only used to illustrate why the issue is not one of language. I am not recommending that any of them should be attempted. Far from it.
answered Mar 6 at 23:23
TuffyTuffy
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Have you sorted everything out?
This is a perfectly good sentence with a subject pronoun, a verb and an object.
So why has the OP got a problem?
It has to be about the reference of the noun everything.
It is not exactly a problem of grammar, though that could be argued. It is more about propositional reference. The noun ‘everything’, like pronouns, is context dependent. We know and understand exactly what the sentence means. But we (I mean those of us who are not parties to the discussion) have no idea what the speaker is talking about.
A question like this presupposes that there is some list of things to be sorted by the addressee. For example, perhaps they are planning a party, or organising a trip to Europe, and the addressee is supposed to be getting it all ‘sorted’.
Since you ask the question, we have to assume that there is no such context. So the sentence is malformed, but void of reference and therefore meaning. It has no truth value. You know of no conditions under which an answer of yes or no would be true or false.
Well, there is a second possibility: that the speaker has a personal catchphrase, which is his way of asking how you are getting on in general. It has been suggested that you answer: “yes, fine, thank you, and have you?”. If he gets angry or looks at you as if you are crazy, you can exclude that possibility. If he says “great”, you have your answer.
Or you could say: “Not yet, I’ve been busy”. and see how he reacts.
Or you could say: “What do you mean?”. and see whether and hoe he reacts.
But none of these is about the use of the English language. They are strategies for dealing with an inexplicable sequence of utterances. So they are performative rather than communicative. None of your ‘answers’ is intended as an answer. It is more like a litmus test. So it is about what you do about what seems to be strange behaviour.
By the way, these examples of possible responses are only used to illustrate why the issue is not one of language. I am not recommending that any of them should be attempted. Far from it.
answered Mar 6 at 23:23
TuffyTuffy
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Have you sorted everything out?
This is a perfectly good sentence with a subject pronoun, a verb and an object.
So why has the OP got a problem?
It has to be about the reference of the noun everything.
It is not exactly a problem of grammar, though that could be argued. It is more about propositional reference. The noun ‘everything’, like pronouns, is context dependent. We know and understand exactly what the sentence means. But we (I mean those of us who are not parties to the discussion) have no idea what the speaker is talking about.
A question like this presupposes that there is some list of things to be sorted by the addressee. For example, perhaps they are planning a party, or organising a trip to Europe, and the addressee is supposed to be getting it all ‘sorted’.
Since you ask the question, we have to assume that there is no such context. So the sentence is malformed, but void of reference and therefore meaning. It has no truth value. You know of no conditions under which an answer of yes or no would be true or false.
Well, there is a second possibility: that the speaker has a personal catchphrase, which is his way of asking how you are getting on in general. It has been suggested that you answer: “yes, fine, thank you, and have you?”. If he gets angry or looks at you as if you are crazy, you can exclude that possibility. If he says “great”, you have your answer.
Or you could say: “Not yet, I’ve been busy”. and see how he reacts.
Or you could say: “What do you mean?”. and see whether and hoe he reacts.
But none of these is about the use of the English language. They are strategies for dealing with an inexplicable sequence of utterances. So they are performative rather than communicative. None of your ‘answers’ is intended as an answer. It is more like a litmus test. So it is about what you do about what seems to be strange behaviour.
By the way, these examples of possible responses are only used to illustrate why the issue is not one of language. I am not recommending that any of them should be attempted. Far from it.
answered Mar 6 at 23:23
TuffyTuffy
4,0891621
Have you sorted everything out?
This is a perfectly good sentence with a subject pronoun, a verb and an object.
So why has the OP got a problem?
It has to be about the reference of the noun everything.
It is not exactly a problem of grammar, though that could be argued. It is more about propositional reference. The noun ‘everything’, like pronouns, is context dependent. We know and understand exactly what the sentence means. But we (I mean those of us who are not parties to the discussion) have no idea what the speaker is talking about.
A question like this presupposes that there is some list of things to be sorted by the addressee. For example, perhaps they are planning a party, or organising a trip to Europe, and the addressee is supposed to be getting it all ‘sorted’.
Since you ask the question, we have to assume that there is no such context. So the sentence is malformed, but void of reference and therefore meaning. It has no truth value. You know of no conditions under which an answer of yes or no would be true or false.
Well, there is a second possibility: that the speaker has a personal catchphrase, which is his way of asking how you are getting on in general. It has been suggested that you answer: “yes, fine, thank you, and have you?”. If he gets angry or looks at you as if you are crazy, you can exclude that possibility. If he says “great”, you have your answer.
Or you could say: “Not yet, I’ve been busy”. and see how he reacts.
Or you could say: “What do you mean?”. and see whether and hoe he reacts.
But none of these is about the use of the English language. They are strategies for dealing with an inexplicable sequence of utterances. So they are performative rather than communicative. None of your ‘answers’ is intended as an answer. It is more like a litmus test. So it is about what you do about what seems to be strange behaviour.
By the way, these examples of possible responses are only used to illustrate why the issue is not one of language. I am not recommending that any of them should be attempted. Far from it.
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about how the English language is used. You are looking for social or psychological advice.
– Tuffy
Mar 6 at 8:50
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Why would he ask that every day? Is there an ongoing issue that needs to be resolved?
– RichouHunter
Mar 6 at 8:51
@Tuffy I am asking how to reply for that question any not any psychological advice lol! Even though I described the situation!
– AussieKenDoll
Mar 6 at 9:00
@RichouHunter Hos first language is not English so I think he don’t even know how to use it!
– AussieKenDoll
Mar 6 at 9:01
@AussieKenDoll What is there about the language (vocabulary or grammar) of the question that makes it difficult to answer appropriately?
– Tuffy
Mar 6 at 9:03