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Here we go:

1. Nancy has few friends, doesn't she?

2. Alice will in no way trust you anymore, will she?

3. Please don't close the window, will you?

4. Let me do it myself, will/won't you?

5. Let us do what we want, will/won't you?

6. Let's have some ice cream, shall we?

7. Let's not go to the park, shall we?

8. Let's not watch TV, shall we?

9. Have a cup of tea, will/won't you?

10. He must have been a fool, wasn't he?

11. You must have failed in the exam, didn't you?

12. Studying English is useful, isn't it?

Not sure how those grammarians set the rules. Please correct me if any of the above answers is wrong.

Posted on: 2008/6/29 8:29

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glotynn wrote:

1. Nancy has few friends, doesn't she?

futari wrote:

6) 凡見"neither", "(形容詞)no", "none", "no one", "nobody", "nothing", "scarely", "barely", "hardly", "hardly ever", "seldom", "few", "rarely", "little"等詞的陳述句, 都應作否定陳述看待, 後面接一個普通的附加疑問。

My try:

Nancy has few friends, does/has she?

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glotynn wrote:

1. Nancy has few friends, doesn't she?

futari wrote:

6) 凡見"neither", "(形容詞)no", "none", "no one", "nobody", "nothing", "scarely", "barely", "hardly", "hardly ever", "seldom", "few", "rarely", "little"等詞的陳述句, 都應作否定陳述看待, 後面接一個普通的附加疑問。

My try:

Nancy has few friends, does/has she?

Ooph, my mistake, I misread it as "a few".
You're right, Buddy.

Posted on: 2008/7/2 14:34

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4. Let me do it myself, will/won't you?

5. Let us do what we want, will/won't you?

7. Let's not go to the park, shall we?

8. Let's not watch TV, shall we?

9. Have a cup of tea, will/won't you?

In the past couple weeks, I consulted grammar books on hand and searched online for Tag Question repeatedly. Unluckily, I have never seen any Tag Question is similar to the sentence pattern.

Here is my two cents:

4. Let me do it myself, will you?

5. Let us do what we want, will you?

7. Let's not go to the park, all right/ O.K.?

8. Let's not watch TV, all right/ O.K.?

9. Have a cup of tea, won't you?

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4. Let me do it myself, will/won't you?

5. Let us do what we want, will/won't you?

7. Let's not go to the park, shall we?

8. Let's not watch TV, shall we?

9. Have a cup of tea, will/won't you?

In the past couple weeks, I consulted grammar books on hand and searched online for Tag Question repeatedly. Unluckily, I have never seen any Tag Question is similar to the sentence pattern.

Here is my two cents:

4. Let me do it myself, will you?

5. Let us do what we want, will you?

7. Let's not go to the park, all right/ O.K.?

8. Let's not watch TV, all right/ O.K.?

9. Have a cup of tea, won't you?

Hi Buddy,

"all right/ O.K.?" is not the way a tag question presents. It must consist of an auxiliary and a pronoun.

"Let me..." or "Let us..." or other imperative sentences can be tagged with either "will you" or "won't you".

"Let's..." or "Let's not..." sentences are normally tagged with "shall we".

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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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Yes, some question tags such as:
ok?
right?
eh?
huh?
eh no?
not so?
I bet?
do exist in colloquial English, but what we are talking about here is the grammatical expressions. If a student answers the above tags in an exam, I wonder what the result would be.

Posted on: 2008/7/18 14:04

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Don't be, Buddy; there are rules to follow.

1) 在肯定的陳述之後用否定疑問式。
e.g. Peter helped you, didn't he?
e.g. Mary was there, wasn't she?
e.g. It is quite warm, isn't it?

2) 在否定的陳述之後用普通的疑問式。
e.g. You didn't see him, did you?
e.g. Ann can't swim, can she?

3) 附加疑問中的否定動詞, 一般都要用縮略形式。
e.g. She ate it all, didn't she?
e.g. He doesn't like fish, does he?
e.g. I'm late, aren't I?

4) 附加疑問的主語要用代詞。
e.g. Mary is coming, isn't she?
e.g. John is a painter, isn't he?

5) 帶"Let's"的附加問句中用助動詞"shall"。
==> [Let's ..., shall we?]
e.g. Let's go, shall we?
e.g. Let's forget it, shall we?
==> **[Let us/me ..., will you?]
e.g. Let us go, will you?
e.g. Let me have a look at that project, will you?

6) 凡見"neither", "(形容詞)no", "none", "no one", "nobody", "nothing", "scarely", "barely", "hardly", "hardly ever", "seldom", "few", "rarely", "little"等詞的陳述句, 都應作否定陳述看待, 後面接一個普通的附加疑問。
e.g. No salt is allowed, is it?
e.g. Nothing was said, was it?
e.g. Peter hardly ever goes to parties, does he?
e.g. That hardly counts, does it?
e.g. Nobody had bothered to plant new ones, had they?

7) 當句子的主語是"anyone", "anybody", "no one" "nobody", "everybody", "everyone", "somebody", "someone", "none" "neither"時, 在附加疑問中可用代詞"they"[常用]/"he"[也可]來替代。
e.g. No one would object, would they?
e.g. Neither of them complained, did they?
e.g. Everyone warned you, didn't they?
e.g. Someone had recognised him, hadn't they?
e.g. Everyone knows his job, doesn't he? (Or, Everyone knows their job, don't they?)

8a) 在一般現在時態的附加疑問中, 用"don't?/doesn't?"形式; 在一般過去時態的附加疑問中, 用"didn't?"形式。
e.g. Edward lives here, does he?
e.g. It doesn't work, does it?
e.g. You found your passport, didn't you?
8b) 在其他各時態之後, 否定的附加疑問中只用助動詞。
e.g. Mary's coming tomorrow, isn't she?
e.g. Peter's heard the news, hasn't he?
e.g. You will stay in touch, won't you?
e.g. I'm controlling it, aren't I?
8c) 縮略形式"'s"相當於"is/has", 而"'d"相當於"had/would"。
e.g. Peter'd written before you phoned, hadn't he?
e.g. You'd better change your wet shoes, hadn't you?
e.g. The boys'd rather go by air, wouldn't they?
e.g. John's born in summer, wasn't he? [Here, "'s"相當於"was"。]

9) 話者陳述自身感受/想法/情況, 並想了解受話人是否有相同見解/感覺時, 則在附加疑問中用"you"。
e.g. I love tea, don't you?
e.g. I feel cold, don't you?

10) 主句中如有"I think/suppose/expect/believe/imagine/fancy"這樣的主謂結構時, 則附加疑問句應重覆從句中的主語。
e.g. I suppose you are not serious, are you?
e.g. I expect you will have a good time there, won't you?
e.g. I don't believe he has finished, has he?

11) 陳述句的主語是"this", "that", "these", "those"時, 則附加疑問句中的主語要分別用"it"或"they"。
e.g. That is your book, isn't it?
e.g. Those are your books, aren't they?

12) 陳述句的主語是"one"時, 附加疑問句的主語當用"one"[英式英語], 或用"he"[美式英語]。
e.g. One can't be too careful, can one?/can he?

13a) 推測已發生的情況時, 若陳述句有"must have (done)", 並有表示過去的時間狀語, 問句部分用"didn't"; 若没有過去的時間狀語, 問句部分則用"haven't"或"hasn't"。
e.g. They must have gone there last night, didn't they?
e.g. They must have arrived by now, haven't they? (根據"by now"來判斷)
e.g. They must have been to the Great Wall, haven't they?
13b) 被動時, 則按被動結構來處理。
e.g. The room must have been cleaned yesterday, wasn't it?
e.g. The room must have been cleaned, hasn't it?

Extra info:
==> "used to"後, 用"did"(didn't)/"used"(usedn't)
e.g. They used to write to you, didn't they?
e.g. There used to be a cinema here, usedn't there?

==> "I wish"後, 可用"may"
e.g. I wish to have a rest now, may I?

Hth.

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http://www.examlink.com/c/html/English/CET6/guide/grammar/20061211/914.html
附加疑问句又叫反意疑问句，它表示提问人的看法，没有把握，需要对方证实。反义疑问句由两部分组成：前一部分是一个陈述句，后一部分是一个简短的疑问句，两部分的人称时态应保持一致，通常有两种形式：
1．陈述部分肯定式+疑问部分否定式；
2．陈述部分否定式+疑问部分肯定式。

附加疑问句特例：

1．当陈述部分的主语是I，而句子又用来征询对方的意见时，附加疑问句中的主语用you。
如： I find English very interesting, don't you?

2．当陈述部分的主语是everybody, everyone, someone, nobody, no one, somebody等合成代词时，附加疑问句中的主语通常用they。但亦可用he，尤其是nobody, no one等作主语，具有否定概念时。
如： Nobody wants to go there, does he?

3．当陈述部分的主语是不定代词everything, nothing, anything, something时，附加疑问句中的主语一般用it，不用they。
如： Everything seems all right now, doesn't it?

4.当陈述部分的主语是指示代词this, that或these, those时，附加疑问句中的主语分别用it和they。
如： This is important, isn't it?

5.如果陈述部分是以代词one作主语，附加疑问句中的主语在正式场合用one，非正式场合用you,在美国英语中，在非正式场合还可以用he。
如： One can't be too careful, can one?或can you?

6．如果陈述部分用I'm…结构，附加疑问部分一般用aren't I。
如：I am strong and healthy, aren't I。

7．当陈述句为there be结构时，附加疑问句中的主语也用there。
如：There's something wrong, isn't there?

8．陈述部分带有seldom, hardly, never, rarely, few, little, nowhere, nothing等否定词或半否定词时，附加疑问部分的动词用肯定形式。
如： Few people know him, do they?

9．如果陈述部分的否定词带有否定前缀，那么，该陈述部分作肯定处理，附加疑问部分一般仍用否定形式。
如： Tom dislikes the book, doesn't he?

10．当陈述部分为主从复合句时，附加疑问部分一般应与主句的主语和谓语动词保持对应关系。
如： She says that I did it, doesn't she?
但当陈述部分的主语是I，谓语是think, believe, suppose, expect这类动词时，附加疑问部分则往往与从句中的主语和谓语动词保持对应关系，但要注意否定的转移。
如： I don't think she cares, does she?

11．当陈述部分是并列句，附加疑问句则需和就近的分句的主语和谓语一致。
如： Xiao Lin has been writing letters all afternoon but he should finish them now, shouldn't he?

12．在由“祈使句+附加疑问”构成的附加疑问句中，附加疑问部分一般用will you, won't you, would you, 有时也可用can you, can't you, why don't you, could you等。
如： Don't open the door, will you?
如： Give me some bread, can you?
但是，以let's开头的祈使句，附加疑问部分用shall we; 以let us开头的祈使句，如果含义是让我们us，不包括听话人在内，疑问部分用will you。
如： Let's have a basketball match this afternoon, shall we?
如： Let us go out for a rest, will you?

13．当陈述部分带有情态动词must表示“必须”时，疑问部分用mustn't。如： I must answer the letter, mustn't I?
但若表推测这层含义时，不能用must，而要根据陈述部分的不定式结构（即must之后的动词）以及含义采用相应的动词形式。
如： You must have made a mistake, haven't you?

14．当陈述部分含有情态动词used to时，疑问部分可用usedn't或didn't。
如： The old man used to smoke, didn't he?或usedn't he?

15．当陈述部分带有情态动词ought to时，疑问部分用oughtn't或shouldn't。
如： He ought to know the answer, oughtn't he?

16．当陈述部分含有had better时，疑问部分用had。
如：You'd better finish your homework now, hadn't you?

17．感叹句后的附加疑问句的谓语动词需用be的现在时，且常用否定形式。
如： What a clever boy, isn't he?

18．陈述句子中的主语为动词不定式短语、动名词短语或其他短语时，疑问部分的主语通常用it。
如：Between six and seven will suit you, won't it?

19．在口语和非正式文体中，为了加强语气，只是表示某种惊奇、怀疑、反感、讽刺等感情而并不是为了寻求回答，这时前后两部分的肯定、否定是一致的。
如： Oh, he is a writer, is he?
如： You'll not go, won't you?

20．陈述句中的谓语动词是wish，表示愿望时用may，且用肯定形式。
如： I wish to have a chance to learn English, may I?

21．当陈述部分带有表示“所有”含义的动词have（has）时，疑问部分既可用have形式，也可用do形式。
如： You have a new bike, haven't you（或don't you）?

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