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Please, Don't Say To My Parents
Please, Don't Say To My Parents
superior than the student. We notice that also all the student's utterance showing
respect to the teacher by using the word “sir”.
_Here, the student didn't do his homework, so the teacher wanted to punish him by
using “face threatening act” when he said “May I contact your parents and tell them
about this? “. The student's reply to his teacher had a “bald on record” by the
utterance “Please, don't say to my parents “. Then, the teacher used a “face
threatening act” when he said “And do not repeat this. Is it clear? “ to make the
student affraid of punishment if he repeats this action.