... maxim in order to be cooperative in the communication. In this analysis, I argue that the step-by-step reasoning rigor of the CP and its maxims is worth being inspected by linguists in general ... his wish to observe the CP in some other way. As we have seen, Grice’s explanation for the non-observance of the maxim of Quantity in this instance is that the speaker was faced with a clash ... Prio could simply have replied: “I should… or I will …” His actual response is extremely long-winded and convoluted and it is obviously no accident, nor through any inability to speak clearly,...