Table 3.

Proportion of Participants Preferring a Polite (Normative) to an Impolite (Colloquial) Phrase by Temporal Distance (Study 3)

Normative (colloquial) phrase	Near future	Distant future
Driving (giving a lift to) a friend	.2	.7
Telling another student to stop bothering you (getting off you) with questions	2	.4
Saving (putting aside) money	.5	.7
Enjoying (having fun) on a vacation	.5	.7
Spending (fiddling away) money	.8	.8
Highlighting (marking) key phrases	.3	.4
Calling (giving a call to) a friend	.6	.7
Being left (getting stuck) home	.1	.1