Multiple Choice
On the strength of a recommendation from one of your friends,you took a class from a policing instructor that your friend had described as "witty and bright with a great sense of humour." You find the instructor disgusting and boorish because of his inappropriate jokes.Why were you a victim of this misunderstanding?
A) emotive language
B) exaggeration
C) euphemistic language
D) linguistic divergence
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