Table 5.
Directive speech acts.
| Directives | N | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Requesting info/opinion | Post 9: 收到初步確診訊息，但係冇收到手帶，咁算唔算隔離人士 
(Received preliminary confirmed diagnosis but have not received the wristband. Am I regarded as a quarantine case
)
|
53 | 76.8% |
| Giving advice | Post 109: 拎醫生紙先啦  (Get medical certificate first
) Post 133: 冇病徵都休息多啲 
(Take more rest even if you do not have symptoms
)
|
8 | 11.6% |
| Giving order/command | Post 145: 得咁就唔好放出黎啦 冇哂食慾 
(Do not post it here if that’s all you have got. I’ve lost my appetite
) [In response to another user who posted his half-naked picture] |
5 | 7.2% |
| Wishing | Post 42: 唔好中其他野啦 (Do not get infected with other things) | 2 | 2.8% |
| Demanding | Post 122: 清唔好嚇我  (Brother do not scare me
) |
1 | 1.4% |