Politeness I bought a gun – said a friend – I want to kill myself. Can I borrow it, once you’re done? – I asked politely.
Improvement Couldn’t believe that I’d see American filter coffee as an improvement (after a couple of days of drinking some suspicious “turkish” coffee).
Talk According to wide-adopted belief, only humans can talk. To this day I’m not certain what was in God’s mind when he granted it to humans.