i don't understand this sentence.?

Question

• A liar may leave out pronouns and speak in a monotonous tone. When a truthful statement is made the pronoun is emphasized as much or more than the rest of the words in a statement

this is what i read in the internet but i'm not really sure what the person means. the liar won't say 'they or he'?
can someone give me an example?

Answer 1

I don't know if this is exactly what you are looking for, but, here is an example that might shed some light on the subject.


Anytime Politicians screw something up, they say, "Mistakes were made."

They are "lying" because they are guilty of omission. They didn't say, "I made a mistake" or even "We or they made a mistake". Because by taking out the pronoun "I or we or they", and by writing the sentence in Passive voice, the phrase seems to lessen the responsibility of the speaker.

Answer 2

Am thinking that the writer means that a liar will not use pronouns to avoid referring to anyone in particular and uses a monotonous tone to avoid emphasis. But when a truth is stated, the person will be confident to refer to the source (the person who said it).

Actually such a statement is only understood by the writer as only he will know the original intent.

Answer 3

A person telling the truth will emphasize himself as the subject of his sentences. He may use the pronoun “I” a lot to place attention on himself. He may glorify himself.In a sense he will be bragging.
A person telling a lie will try to remove himself from his sentences. Those sentences may use verbs and objects while eliminating the force causing the action.(He may use the passive voice.) He will not refer to himself, and he will not use the pronoun “I.” He will speak in a monotone or he may swallow his words.He will be doing the opposite of bragging--as if he were hiding.

The interesting thing about this observation is that if might provide a method of determining who is telling the truth and who isn't.

Answer 4

That's interesting. They're saying that when someone is lying, they put more attention on the nouns in the sentence because those are where the real lies are tough to say normally. So when you're telling the truth, and not lying, you use more words like "I'd, he, she, they, etc" as a result of a more conscious choice of words. Trying to say things right, rather than trying to say the right things.

Answer 5

The writer meant that a liar will not point to other people that they did the it

The liar would not say he did it , they did it as a liar can only usu lies to cover his mistakes but not tell people they did a wrong although they did not do it.

Answer 6

I THINK THE STATEMENT MEANS THAT WHEN ONE IS SPEAKING THE TRUTH , CERTAIN WORDS ARE AUTOMATICALLY EMPHASIZED AND THE SOURCE REVILED . I FEEL IT'S A PHYSIOLOGICAL THING. HOPE THIS HELPS.