Someone who writes "Obey the speed limit" on the tip line of a restaurant bill is violating the _____ of _____.
A)cooperative principle: lexical ambiguity
B)cooperative principle: pragmatics
C)pragmatics: cooperative principle
D)cooperative principle: syntactic ambiguity

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The cooperative principle in pragmatics involves making contributions to a conversation that are truthful, informative, relevant, and clear. Writing "Obey the speed limit" on a tip line violates the relevance aspect of this principle, as it is not relevant to the context of tipping.

Someone Who Writes "Obey the Speed Limit" on the Tip