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Assumptions in Applicant

Task D – Our answer

At the very end of the sketch, after Lamb is apparently rendered unconscious by Miss Piffs’ appalling torture, we suddenly, and absurdly, revert to the initial interview schema. Miss Piffs’ last utterance thanks him politely and uses the formal ‘title + surname’ direct address term consistent with our polite interview schemata, and repeating the form she used for Lamb in turn 3 of the sketch. The final sentence’ We’ll let you know’ is the kind of sentence that interviews often end on, as the interviewer will want to reflect on the various candidates before making up his or her mind about who to appoint.

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