| The man spoke earnestly, but a third person and extraneous hearer could hardly avoid being struck by the bathetic conclusion. |
| Affirmatives with both of the options can mark a contrast between speaker and hearer, but mostly in literature. |
| What is presupposed in this sense is not asserted by the speaker but is nevertheless understood by the hearer. |
| In most cases, the speaker, not the hearer, is to blame when a message is confused. |
| The final result still possesses for the hearer the dewy freshness of first inspiration. |
| His assumption that his absence had been noticed rather nettled his hearer. |
