Marty, a high school student, violates his curfew because he is out partying with some friends. When he arrives home, his parents ask where he has been. "I was studying at the library and got locked inside," he says. "I waited for hours and eventually climbed out of a window." Which of Grice's maxims is Marty most likely violating?

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Marty is likely violating the Maxim of Quality, which suggests that one should not say what they believe to be false or that for which they lack adequate evidence. His story about being locked in the library and climbing out of a window is fabricated.

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