Introducing English Linguistics

Assertives/Representatives
Mr Deputy Speaker that strong sympathy expressed at the time of the
last debate on these matters was approved overwhelmingly by the
Labour party conference last October and I 
state that for the record less
[sic] there be any misunderstanding about our position on the issue of
voting systems. 
(BNC JSF 262)
We 
affirm the importance of this principle.
(BNC CLY 473)
I hereby 
declare that I am the sole author of this thesis.
(Egidio Terra, “Lexical Affinities and Language Applications,” unpub-
lished doctoral dissertation. etd.uwaterloo.ca/etd/elterra2004.pdf
accessed June 18, 2008)
Directives
Pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and in my
capacity as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the
Philippines, I hereby 
order you as Secretary of National Defense to forth-
with arrest or cause the arrest and take into your custody the individu-
als named in the attached lists ... 
(www.lawphil.net/executive/genor/
go1972/genor_2-a_1972.html, accessed July 27, 2006)
I 
direct the witness to answer the question. 
(BNC ACS 1187)
The social context of English
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If you go and see this film I 
recommend that you don’t eat first. 
(BNC A4S 153)