Read Sorry, Regrets, and More by Edwin Battistella and his biography and answer the following questions Make sure you completely answer the questions with specific detail. Upload your answers here.
1. How does Battistella analyze Hillary Clinton’s 1994 apology? What grammatical voice does she use? How is the text of the apology different than way it is received?
2. What role may Clinton’s gender have played in how her words were received? Why? Why might women, stereotypically, apologize more in our society?
3. How does “I’m sorry” differ from “I apologize.” according to Battistella? Which focuses on one’s own I feelings or “mental state”? Which focuses on the feelings of the other and performs an act showing regret?
! Why and how do these words work? Why is their difference important?
4. n what ways can “I’m sorry” be manipulated or changed in meaning? Can the phrase actually convey the opposite of its proposed meaning? If so. how?
I 5. How does regret differ from Tm sorry” and I apologize” in public apologies? What are the limitations of I ‘regret”?