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Doesn't ot still carry the information that they do it? If you ask "Do you expect.." this question is neutral and you do not know if they do it or not.
by vitro 8y ago
Doesn't ot still carry the information that they do it?
If you ask "Do you expect.." this question is neutral and you do not know if they do it or not.
- lkbm 8y ago"Would you be surprised if"? "Do you expect" is neutral except it has an additional normative meaning. "I expect you to do X" doesn't just mean "I predict that you will do X". It can also mean "This is the thing you're supposed to do", even if I predict that you'll fail to do it. This is common at least in American english. "Do you expect Google to do X" doesn't explicitly state which sense it's intended, and that can result in people saying "no", meaning no in the former sense, despite thinking yes in the latter sense.