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Conversation maxims (Grice)
nQuantity:
be sufficiently verbose
nNot
more/less informative than necessary
nQuality:
be truthful
nDon’t
say what you know is false or unsupported
nRelevance:
be relevant
nSay
only things that are relevant
nManner:
be perspicuous
nSay things unambiguously, clearly, briefly, orderly