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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
When asking a student 'didn't you do your homework?' and he answers 'yes,' a western teacher will ask to see it, and the confused student will wonder why the teacher doesn't understand that the student didn't do it. He was acknowledging that fact by saying 'yes, he didn't do his homework.'
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In a similar vein "do you mind? (if I have a look)"
- is often answered,
"yes, go ahead" .....