Argue fairly by allowing yourself time to formulate thoughtful replies before responding.
He will have to hear what you say, mentally translate it to his language, formulate a reply and convert the answer to English.
It assumes that an intelligent extraterrestrial life form has already made contact with us and we need to formulate a reply.
Once that happens, it usually takes several more months to formulate a reply and then ultimately receive the penalties.
If this happens to you often, you want to focus on speaking briefly and then putting all your energy into listening to the other person's response, waiting to formulate your reply until after they have finished speaking.
The effect is to charm the questioner, but also allows Rhodri time to think carefully before formulating his replies.
Martin, in his history, theorized that Livingston deliberately formulated a reply that would be rejected, so that Jackson would be able to claim "he had been condemned unheard".
When others are presenting information or expressing their points of view, is the person really listening to what they have to say, or is he just formulating his reply?
"Uh-huh … yeah," he smiles, pausing to formulate his Sphinx-like reply.
If my wife asked me a question, it took about five seconds for it to register and another five before I could formulate and deliver a reply".
It shows also how the request will be issued, received, processed, formulated, and how the reply is sent back to the student for display.
