IntroductionPhilosopher of linguistics, Paul Grice was one of the first linguistics to systematically address the difference between what is expressed literally in a statement and what is implicit or suggested in the same sentence. Grice's article published in 1975 was popular because it was the first to address this problem and also because it established a clear framework with which he could characterize different statements. Grice's theory consisted of 3 main subcategories: Conversational Implicature, Conventional Implicature, and Generalized Conversational Implicature. Account of Grice's Basic Theory According to Grice, there were two contrasting elements in a sentence, which combined to constitute the total meaning of a statement; “what is said” and “what is implied”. Grice never really explains in detail "what is being said", but he does state that "given a knowledge of the English language, but no knowledge of the circumstances of the utterance, one would know something about what the speaker said” (Grice 1975: 25). By this he meant that upon hearing the utterance, the listener would have understood or gained some sort of knowledge of what the speaker was saying, even if it was not the intended meaning. For example, in [1], seeing it from the perspective of "what is said", the listener would believe that perhaps Anne's ex-husband is actually a generally considerate man and she says that with surprise.[1] Anne: My ex-husband just told me that he won't be able to take care of our daughter tomorrow after all. Bess: He is such a caring man! The other half, “What is Implicated,” is what Grice calls an implicature. Grice coined this term because he believed that using an already existing word might confuse people because of the middle of paper......example of violating a quality maxim[15] Supervisor: Have Did you read the articles and write the literature review? Supervise: I certainly read the articles. Weren't they captivating![16] A: You stained my dress with red wine, you klutz!B: No one will notice.[17] A: Did you like my presentation? B: The attendance has been impressive, hasn't it? This usually occurs as a result of imperfect language performance, for example in the case of a young child of a stranger, or also from impaired language performance, caused by excitement, disability, nervousness or drunkenness. A speaker forgoes observing the maxim whenever he indicates refusal to cooperate in the way the maxim requires..