Match the utterances on the left to the speech act type on the right.
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"I didn't mean to hurt your feelings"
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"I will help you with the assignment tomorrow"
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"I’d like to book a table for tomorrow night."
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"I sentence you to ten years in prison"
A.
Expressives
B.
Declarations
C.
Commissives
D.
Directives
A. Expressives - "I didn't mean to hurt your feelings"
C. Commissives - "I will help you with the assignment tomorrow"
D. Directives - "I’d like to book a table for tomorrow night."
B. Declarations - "I sentence you to ten years in prison"