For example, if your ideal outcome is a "yes" or "no" reply, conclude with "Please reply with a quick "yes" or "no" by 5 pm Monday".
I opened your e-mail on my phone while my date was in the bathroom, but then I saw that it required more than a "yes" or "no" reply, decided that was too much work, marked it as unread, and then forgot about it entirely until just now!
As opposed to asking closed-ended questions that can be answered by either a "yes" or "no" reply (eg, Did you miss any doses of your HIV medications?), open-ended questions can elicit more specific responses (eg, How many doses of your HIV medications have you missed in the past 2 weeks? In the past month?).
My In box contains many messages of fewer than 15 words, not counting those bandwidth-conserving "yes" and "no" replies.
To both queries the show gives the only plausible reply: yes; no; maybe; sometimes.
He returns, "She got kids?" She replies, "Baby, yes, no".
The MMAS contains four items to which a yes or no reply is given (Additional file 2).
"Yes, yes," Ms. Palin replied.
"Yes, yes," Anissina replied.
"Maybe yes, maybe no," he replied.
"Can I do yes and no?" he replied.
