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OfferVsCommitVsPropose

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Offer, Commit, and Propose all carry the potential to commit someone to a course of action.

  • Both Offer and Commit potentially commit the speaker to some course of action:
    • In an Offer, commitment of the speaker is conditioned on the agreement of the addressee.
    • For a Commit, this agreement is not required.
  • Some Proposals are for a course of action, possibly committing the group or different parties. If it is unclear from the context whether the taker of the action is the speaker, then Proposal can be used. Similarly, Proposals can be used for courses of action taken as a group, or for a particular party that is not the speaker.