Here are four times when “What part of X did you not understand?” doesn’t work as an argument:
When your listener wasn’t around when you said X.
When you haven’t actually ever said X.
When X is, in fact, quite confusing.
When X is, in fact, not true.
Did I miss any?
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July 17, 2013 at 4:22 pm
WaterBoy
“Did I miss any?”
Yes: When you were actually wrong about X.
July 17, 2013 at 9:32 pm
jamsco
Thanks, Waterboy, I’ll add it.