yes
/jɛs/ particle A1- Used to show agreement or acceptance. · Yes, you are correct.· Yes, you may go play outside now.
- Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement. · It was not my fault we lost the race. Oh, yes, it was!
- Answer to a question presuming one answer when all answers are correct. · Do you like cake, or pie? Yes.· (Countless examples can be found on the “Inclusive Or” subreddit, which is a forum dedicated to this joke.)
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“Yes, my dear father,” replied Edmond, smiling at his father’s astonishment at the excessive honor paid to his son.
“Yes, but to be captain one must do a little flattery to one’s patrons.”
‘You at Marseilles?’—‘Yes,’ says he.
“Yes, to be sure I am.
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