Why isn’t Cathy going to the meeting tomorrow?

F: I didn’t go to the meeting yesterday. Is the next one tomorrow?
M: Yes. It’s at three p. m. Are you going to attend it, Cathy?
F: No, it s not a required meeting. And I’ve got a lot of work to do. But, could you let me know if they mention the party?

F: I thought the lecture on UK regional accents had some credible points about the ways in which English is changing. What do you think of it, Steven?
M: To be honest, Angela, I’ m quite skeptical of some of the evidence. It seems to me that their predictions were insufficiently detailed.
F: Really? I thought the research method appeared to be logical.