Definitions for yes and no
yes and no

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1. Yes and no

   Yes and no, or word pairs with similar words, are expressions of the affirmative and the negative, respectively, in several languages, including English. Some languages make a distinction between answers to affirmative versus negative questions and may have three-form or four-form systems. English originally used a four-form system up to and including Early Middle English and Modern English has reduced to a two-form system consisting of 'yes' and 'no'. It exists in many facets of communication, such as: eye blink communication, head movements, Morse Code, and sign language. Some languages, such as Latin, do not have yes-no word systems. Answering yes/no question with single words meaning 'yes' or 'no' is by no means universal. Probably about half the world's languages typically employ an echo response: repeating the verb in the question in an affirmative or a negative form. Some of these also have optional words for 'yes' and 'no', like Hungarian, Russian, and Portuguese. Others simply don't have designated yes/no words, like Welsh, Irish, Latin, Thai, and Chinese. Echo responses avoid the issue of what an unadorned yes means in response to a negative question. Yes and no can be used as a response to a variety of situations – but are better suited when asked simple questions. While a yes response to the question, "You don't like strawberries?" is ambiguous in English, the Welsh response ydw (I am) has no ambiguity. The words yes and no are not easily classified into any of the eight conventional parts of speech. Sometimes they are classified as interjections, although they do not qualify as such, and they are not adverbs. They are sometimes classified as a part of speech in their own right, sentence words, or pro-sentences, although that category contains more than yes and no, and not all linguists include them in their lists of sentence words. Sentences consisting solely of one of these two words are classified as minor sentences.

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1. Yes and No

   Yes and No is a spoken word game similar to Twenty Questions played in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. In the game, the host has something in mind, and the guessers ask several simple yes-or-no questions. In A Christmas Carol, Scrooge is the object, as seen in the section below:

How to pronounce yes and no?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say yes and no in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of yes and no in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of yes and no in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of yes and no in a Sentence

1. Julia Sweig:

   The difference between yes and no on any sector is a political decision by the White House.

2. Tasha Horton:

   We did speak to her, she was able to communicate by nodding her head yes and no. She communicated without any fear that she wanted to donate her organs after she passed away.

3. Jenny Radesky:

   Children will say automatic yes and no responses, instead ask 'What feels bad? Point to it. What does it feel like?'.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_and_No
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=yes and no