But instead of parking his rock and sitting down with a sigh of relief, this person hardly even notices he is got to the top. Without a pause, he looks around for an even higher hill to push the rock up, and off he goes. At the top of that one in turn, he looks around to spy a still higher mountain to tackle.

1. Almost Script Type 2

2. Prepared By
Manu Melwin Joy
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School of Management Studies
CUSAT, Kerala, India.
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3. Almost Script
Taibi Kahler has suggested
that there are two types of
Almost pattern. He calls the
one we have discussed
“Almost type I”. In his
“Almost type II”, the person
actually does make it to the
top of the hill.

4. Almost Script
But instead of parking his
rock and sitting down with
a sigh of relief, this person
hardly even notices he is
got to the top. Without a
pause, he looks around for
an even higher hill to push
the rock up, and off he
goes. At the top of that one
in turn, he looks around to
spy a still higher mountain
to tackle.

5. Almost Script
The person with Almost type II
will often be a material high
achiever, Janet, for instance,
sailed through her examinations
in school. She went straight on
to win a scholarship to college.
By the time she graduated with
a first class degree, she had
already decided to begin her
PhD studies.

6. Almost Script
Now holding her doctorate,
she his working hard for a
Fellowship to her learned
society. Though the envy of
her colleagues, Janet herself
does not feel she had made
it. Once she is a fellow, she
tells he friends, she got her
eye on a professorship. Of
course, it will mean still
more hard work, and she
never seem to have time to
socialize.

7. Almost Script
There are two different
sentence patterns that signal
the Almost script. The speaker
may start a sentence, then go
off one tangent which he
finishes. “What I am lecturing
to you about today is – oh, by
the way, I have a page of notes
which I will give you.”

8. Almost Script
Alternatively, the person with
an Almost script may come out
with a string of positives
followed by a single negative.
“Aren’t the trees lovely in
Autumn? It is really warm, too
and such bring sunshine. Mind
you, the air is cold.”

9. References

10. Thank You

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