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Oh, you can't can you? #1 (permalink) Wed May 25, 2005 19:45 pm   Oh, you can't can you?
 

Test No. incompl/elem-36 "Question Tags (2)", question 4

Sarah: 'I can't take any more.'
Paul: '.........'

(a) Oh you can, can you?
(b) Oh you could, could you?
(c) Oh, you can't can you?
(d) Oh you could, could you?

Test No. incompl/elem-36 "Question Tags (2)", answer 4

Sarah: 'I can't take any more.'
Paul: 'Oh, you can't can you?'

Correct answer: (c) Oh, you can't can you?
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The answer should be "Oh you can,can't you?"

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? #2 (permalink) Fri Jul 22, 2005 15:40 pm   ?
 

Alan wrote:
You say your version should be the right answer. I'm interested why you think I've got it wrong.


I'm afraid "Oh you can't, can you?" is the correct answer...

The utterance is negative "I can't take it anymore" consequently, you can't bring a positive answer, just out of the blue.
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? #3 (permalink) Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:51 am   ?
 

i was thinking of: oh oh, you can't, can you? sounds weird
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Oh, you can't can you? #4 (permalink) Sat Nov 07, 2009 16:39 pm   Oh, you can't can you?
 

All the confusions arise here are because People learned from the primary classes about question tags like..
-when "positive" statements come, then the question tag should be "negative"...and vice versa..
but here ...
this is another type of question tag..right?
I think,People need a more detailed explanation including me about these..
a)Positive >>> negative convertion of question tags..
b) same structure repeated as a surprising expression..like positive statement and positive question tag also followed by.

Some one please give an explanation for the different kinds of question tags..!

thanks in advance
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