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Adding to his torture was the woman's incessant use of "anyway".
In contrast to ordinary methods of maintaining conversational coherence, the use of anyway is designed to indicate an impending break in contiguity.
Based on a conversation analytic study of ordinary telephone conversations, the paper examines the use of anyway as a sequence-closing device in context in which the participants face an interactional impasse.
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What's the use of politics, anyway?
No choreographer ever made more use of stillness anyway — or, when moving, of multidirectionality.
But it's not clear whether the straight-talking charm that Mr. McCain once used to woo New Hampshire voters is transferrable to the former Massachusetts governor — and if so, whether Mr. Romney is the kind of politician who could make use of it anyway.
Based on my experience, plenty of meetings are not the greatest use of time anyway, so offset that loss by allowing people to stay in motion.
But that wouldn't have been the most cost-effective use of Mr. Gingrich anyway.
What does Finaldi consider a good use of public space anyway?
Very often only insured persons who would have made use of preventive measures anyway participated in these programmes.
And the vendor doesn't know what most of it is used for anyway.
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