By Richard Nordquist. Definition: In spoken English and informal writing, a response made up of a subject and an auxiliary verb or modal. A short answer is generally regarded as more polite than just an abrupt yes or no.. Conventionally, the verb in a short answer is in the same tense as the verb in the question. Also, the verb in the short answer should agree in person and number with its subject. See also: 1  Conversation Analysis. 2  Ellipsis. 3  Negation. 4  Politeness Strategies. 5  Pro-verb. 6  Tag Question.
Chile's government is a representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Chile is both head of state and head of government, and of a formal multi-party system that in practice behaves like a two-party one, due to binomialism. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of the National Congress. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature of Chile. The Constitution of Chile was approved in a national plebiscite in September 1980, under the military government of dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Military dictatorship of Chile (1973â90) The military dictatorship of Chile (Spanish: dictadura militar de Chile) was an authoritarian military government that ruled Chile between 1973 and 1990. The dictatorship was established after the democratically elected socialist government of Salvador Allende was overthrown by a CIA-backed coup d'Ã©tat on 11 September 1973.