Re: Tag Questions
Posted by futari on 2008/7/17 14:35:11
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-QUESTIONTAG.html
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... In many kinds of English, an enclitic tag is used for confirmation and other purposes: eh? is a SHIBBOLETH of CanE and common in BrE (You like that kind of thing, eh?), and in some varieties of ScoE eh no? is common (You're comin as well, eh no?—aren't you?). Many AmE speakers use huh? or uh? (You coming, huh?). Other common informal tags are right? and OK? (He'll be there, right? I'll see you soon, OK?).
BUT in STANDARD ENGLISH through out the world, it requires the question tag to correspond to the subject and verb of the preceding sentence. Such tags consist of a single-word verb (be or have as main verbs, an auxiliary, or a modal) plus a subject pronoun, as in ...
HTH.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-QUESTIONTAG.html
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... In many kinds of English, an enclitic tag is used for confirmation and other purposes: eh? is a SHIBBOLETH of CanE and common in BrE (You like that kind of thing, eh?), and in some varieties of ScoE eh no? is common (You're comin as well, eh no?—aren't you?). Many AmE speakers use huh? or uh? (You coming, huh?). Other common informal tags are right? and OK? (He'll be there, right? I'll see you soon, OK?).
BUT in STANDARD ENGLISH through out the world, it requires the question tag to correspond to the subject and verb of the preceding sentence. Such tags consist of a single-word verb (be or have as main verbs, an auxiliary, or a modal) plus a subject pronoun, as in ...
HTH.
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