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... you say 'yes', PSD says... "it all depends what you mean by "yes", if it's a positive affirmation of an assumed article then possibly under certain circumstances I might be given to responding in a manner which might be construed as being implicitly conclusive, if on the other hand you mean "yes..." there's nevertheless a categorical confirmation missing from the statement which implicitly instils an element of doubt although of course an indisputable yes retaining the implicit nature of positiveness could alternatively lend an air of confidence to the emphatic nature of your positive intent. Constructively speaking one is dogmatic about the interpretation of "yes" albeit the degrees of yesness are incontrovertible absolutes..."