Welcome to the fith part of the NLP Skills Polishing Programme; learning to use presuppositions in language with purpose, now that you’ve had a chance to try these out here are some more presupposition types and statements.
I recommend that you follow a process to get these wired in.
Recap:
Presuppositions:
One of the best ways that I have found to learn language patterns is to each and every day take one pattern and write out examples of that pattern for a current theme that is important to you in your “real life.” In this way, their use can become unconscious and automatic. I have heard that Richard Bandler required his NLP Practitioner students to write out 100 examples of each of these patterns. You may want to do that also.

By using presuppositions, we are able to make a statement and have basic assumptions contained in that statement accepted, unconsciously, as being true.

The real “power” of using presuppositions comes from using 3, 4 or more of them together. Of course, to be able to chain many presuppositions together means that we must first learn to use each one of them individually and then move on to grouping them together. It has been said that when 3 presuppositions are used in a row that it is impossible not to accept the embedded presuppositions/assumptions.

Selection Restriction − If my professor gets pregnant, I’ll be very happy. (Restricted to being a professor with the subgroup female) (Presupposes my professor is a woman.)

Questions − By asking a question we presuppose what is asked in a question. Have you taken my NLP book? (Presupposes someone has taken my book.)

Negative Questions − Isn’t Leading Edge Communications not the top management consultant company in Calgary? (Presupposes that Leading Edge Communications is a top management company.)

Rhetorical Questions − Asking a question which does not require an answer. Who care about that. (Presupposes no one cares about that subject.)

Spurious Not − I wonder if you are not already more confident than most? (Presupposes you are already confident.)

Proper Names − Using proper names which presuppose the existence of that person.

Pronouns − Using pronouns which presuppose the existence of a male, female or inanimate object.

Definite Descriptions − I liked the man with the red Honda. (Presupposes that a man and a red Honda both exist).

Change of Place Verbs − (COME, GO, LEAVE, ARRIVE, DEPART, ENTER) (Presupposes something moved)


Many of these presupposing statements can be noticed naturally occurring in your day to day language, how will you use them with purpose? and to what end?

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