Grice's Maxims of Conversation---
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# 🗣️ Grice's Maxims \\of Conversation
## \\:one: Quantity
- ① Make your contribution \\as informative as is required \\ <span<(for the current purposes of the exchange)</span<
- ② Do not make your \\contribution more \\informative than is required
## :two: Quality
### Try to make your \\contribution one \\that is true
- ① Do not say what \\you believe to be false
- ② Do not say that for which\\ you lack adequate evidence
## :three: Relation
### Be \\relevant
## :four: Manner
### Be \\perspicuous
- ① Avoid obscurity \\of expression
- ② Avoid ambiguity
- ③ Be brief (avoid \\unnecessary prolixity)
- ④ Be orderly