The Presupposition of Awareness actually directs us to assume that whatever we are aware of actually has occurred or exist. For example, “Are you aware that there is a monster behind you?”

Even if it is in the negative, the strength of the presupposition remains the same. You are probably not aware that there is a monster behind you. To identify Presupposition of Awareness, you simple listen to verbs that deal with our senses and our ability to focus and be aware.

Here are some examples: “You can notice how the new television set fits right in your home.”, “Are you aware the virus can kill you in an instant?”, “You probably did not realize that people who learn NLP become far more resourceful than ordinary people.” Whenever we speak, we either talk about things of the past, present or future. Sometimes, we also talk about two events of the past. So, when you say something like, “I ate a pie.” it means that you did the action of eating some time during the past.

Also, if I said that, he had forgotten to bring that file, the presupposition is that the file forgetting was in the past. Please note that the presupposition does not say anything about this person remembered to bring the file or not.

Here are some examples: “When you donate the money, you will be good.”, “After the crisis, everyone will be unhappy.”, “While I run my business, I am having fun.”, “I cannot do that now!”

The use of the “Or” presents an interesting Presupposition of Choice.

There are two types of “Ors”, depending on the nature of the outcome, known as the “Exclusive” and “Inclusive Ors”. Here’s an example of an “Exclusive Or”. If I asked, “Do you want to go out with me or would you like to stay at home?”

Both have mutually exclusive outcomes.

However, it becomes an “Inclusive Or” if I said, “Do you want to go out with me today or tomorrow?” because the outcome is focused on going out.

Here are more examples of the “Inclusive Or”, “Do you want to buy this apple or buy that watermelon?”, “Would you be free at four p.m. or five p.m.?”, “You can sign up for module one only or for all three modules!”

Here are some examples of the “Exclusive Or”, “He is either running for the President or not running at all!”, “I could buy this pillow or I could just go home and relax.”, “We can shift the meeting or go ahead with the poorly planned one!”

Anything that describes order or a list would contain a Presupposition of Ordinance. For instance, if I told you, “The second thing we have to discuss today is finance.”

From the statement, we can presuppose that we have already discussed the first thing, even though the truth conditions may not be necessarily be fulfilled. Here are a few examples of this presupposition, “We meet every Thursday.”, “I am happy to be the first to meet you today.”, “Should we go to the third floor?”

There you have it, the different types of presuppositions that we can use in our daily life.

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