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# The Long Jump

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**Statements:**

* May   ̥likes it. 
* Yes but I \`don’t. 

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* &#x20;I’m not   ̥going to   ̥help.&#x20;
* No-one’s \`asked you to.&#x20;

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* **'When** does \`he get here?&#x20;
* I’ve just this ˚minute \`told you. At a quarter ˚past six.&#x20;

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* What on **'earth’s** ˚happened to \`Marjorie?&#x20;
* I can’t under\`stand it. She should have ˚been here ages ago.&#x20;

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* **'How** many ˚days in a \`year?&#x20;
* Three ˚hundred and ˚sixty five, you   ̥ idiot.&#x20;

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* You ought to have ˚told me at \`once.&#x20;
* I didn’t realize it was that important.&#x20;

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* He **'swears** he ˚didn’t \`know.&#x20;
* That’s downright nonsense. I distinctly re˚member ˚telling him my\`self.&#x20;

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**Wh-Questions:**

* You **'mustn’t** mention it.&#x20;
* Why \`not?

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* You’ll **'have** to a\`pologize.&#x20;
* What do you \`mean? Why on earth \`should I?&#x20;

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* We **'ought** to ˚buy a \`couple.&#x20;
* Where’s the \`money   ̥coming   ̥from?&#x20;

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* I know I brought a   ̥knife.&#x20;
* But where in the ˚world have you \`put it?&#x20;

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* I was **'too** \`late.They’d \`sold it.&#x20;
* Why ever didn’t you ˚buy it when you ˚had the \`chance?&#x20;

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**Yes-No Questions:**

* But John’s re\`fused.&#x20;
* Does that \`matter?&#x20;

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* It’s always possible.&#x20;
* Is it \`likely,   ̥though?&#x20;

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* Fancy ˚Jack \`leaving!&#x20;
* Wasn’t it ex\`traordinary?&#x20;

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* &#x20;I doubt whether David’ll sub  ̥scribe.&#x20;
* Is it ˚fair to e\`xpect him   ̥to?&#x20;

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* You’re not very \`good at it, \`are you?&#x20;
* Have I pre˚tended \`otherwise?&#x20;

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**Commands:**

* Ten’s not e  ̥nough.&#x20;
* Take \`twenty,  ̥ then.&#x20;

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* &#x20;My \`feet  ̥hurt.&#x20;
* Well take your \`shoes   ̥off.&#x20;

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* &#x20;I don’t want to ˚go alone.&#x20;
* Come a˚long with us,   ̥then.&#x20;

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* **'This** room’s \`freezing, \`isn’t it.&#x20;
* Well go down˚stairs where it’s a bit \`warmer.&#x20;

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* But I’ve lost my invi\`tation.&#x20;
* Then write and ˚ask them to ˚send you a\`nother.&#x20;

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**Interjections:**

* \`Nobody   ̥turned   ̥up.&#x20;
* How \`strange!

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* But you said I \`could   ̥have it.&#x20;
* Not at \`all!&#x20;

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* \`Look. It \`works.&#x20;
* Well I \`never! How ex\`traordinary.&#x20;

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* **'What** was the \`show like?&#x20;
* Very ˚good in\`deed!&#x20;

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* But I really \`wanted them.&#x20;
* What a pity you ˚didn’t ˚say so \`sooner.&#x20;

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