Assertion: utterance | /r/HasProperty | taken
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Source sentences:
text: As an apology, the utterance succeeds if it is taken as expressing regret for the deed in question; as an act of seeking forgiveness, it succeeds if forgiveness is thereby obtained.
text: Despite the difference in what utterances of (1) and (2) are likely to convey, it is arguable that the sentences themselves have the same semantic content: it is not the meaning of 'and' but the fact that the speaker utters the conjuncts in one order rather than the other that explains the difference in how each utterance is likely to be taken.
text: An utterance of (5) is likely to be taken as exclusive.