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Analysis reveals discourse functionality of 'Tell me' in conversational contexts, suggesting its unique role.
John owns a car./ does John own a car?} (Reese (2007: 51)) However, declarative sentences like Tell me John owns a car.are indeed natural in daily conversation (but only without a comma, or without a pause when speaking).
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