Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided. These statements form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these statements.

A. It is a useful device to mark the difference between making on the one hand an assertion about something that might be true or false and, on the other, the verbal evincing of feelings towards something, which can be no more true or false than my action in biting my thumb. B. This may seem confusing, but the fact is that any utterance may perform more than one function or may be treated in more than one way at the same time. C. But, of course, it might very well be said that the most straight-forward way in which I can express my liking of somebody is simply to say that I like him, my statement is, that is to say, at the same time an expression of my liking. D. We need to be a little careful if we are not to tie ourselves in knots over this distinction between statement and expression.