Chapter 5- Exercise 17
Determine which of the following are performative sentences by inserting “hereby” and seeing whether they sound right.
c. I (hereby) testify that she met the agent.
d. I (hereby) know that she met the agent. (No.)
e. I (hereby) suppose the Yankees will win. (No.)
f. He (hereby) bet her $2,500 that Bush would win. (No)
g. I (hereby) dismiss the class.
h. I (hereby) teach the class. (No.)
i. We (hereby) promise to leave early.
j. I (hereby) owe the IRS $1 million. (no.)
k. I (hereby) bequeath $1 million to the IRS.
l. I (hereby) swore I didn’t do it. (No.)
m. I (hereby) swear I didn’t do it.
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