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Sentence: Have some more dessert, won't you? #1 (permalink) Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:32 am   Sentence: Have some more dessert, won't you?
 

Everything will be Ok, is there?
Have some more dessert, won´t you?
There´s hardly any bread left, won´t it?
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correct me this questions tags please #2 (permalink) Sun Jan 11, 2009 13:13 pm   correct me this questions tags please
 

Everything will be Ok, won't it?
There's hardly any bread left, isn't there?
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correct me this questions tags please #3 (permalink) Sun Jan 11, 2009 13:19 pm   correct me this questions tags please
 

Agreed with Jctgf.

Everything will be ok, won't it? (If the 1-st part is positive, the 2-nd should be negative and vice versa.)
Have some dessert, will you? (In Imperative mood the tag is always "will you" )
There's hardly any bread left, isn't there? (In "there is" construction the subject is "there" )
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correct me this questions tags please #4 (permalink) Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:41 am   correct me this questions tags please
 

Not sure about the will you/imperative thing. I believe it can and probably should be won't you in this context as this information explains

) If the statement is an imperative, the tag will be ‘will you’ or ‘won’t you’/‘will you not’.Be attentive, won’t you?
Do not be lazy, will you?
(f) If the statement contains ‘Let us (let’s)’, the tag will be ‘shall we’.

’’Let us go to the cinema, shall we?
(g) More formal English uses peraphrastic negation in the tags to positive sentences:

She is having a shower now, is she not?
You cannot swim, can you?
Henry played tennis well, did he not?
We go to work by bus, do we not?
You have a brother and a sister, have you not? (BrE)
You have a brother and a sister, do you not? (AmE)
Someone is knocking at the door, are they not?
Be attentive, will you not?

So, I believe it is:
Have some more dessert, won't you?
Everything will be okay, won't it?
There's hardly any bread left, is there?
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Sentence: Have some more dessert, won't you? #5 (permalink) Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:44 am   Sentence: Have some more dessert, won't you?
 

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Everything will be OK, won't it?
Have some more dessert, will/would you?-- 'Would' is more courteous
There´s hardly any bread left, is there? -- 'Hardly' is negative
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Sentence: Have some more dessert, won't you? #6 (permalink) Mon Jan 12, 2009 15:38 pm   Sentence: Have some more dessert, won't you?
 

So the information I provided from an english grammar site is incorrect when it states that either will you or won't you can be used? Please elablorate on the rule of grammar that would make "have some more dessert, won't you" incorrect. I find the sentence in my post that reads "If the statement is imperative the tag will be will you or won't you" to be quite simple and am just wondering how you read past that and state that I am incorrect. The only reason I bothered to find information supporting my answer was not because I felt it to be incorrect, but to validate it as something other than opinion. Just to provide additional support I will include the same information from another site accompanied by its URL which demonstrates that either will or won't may be used with an imperative. Forgive my being a bit short with my response but I do strive to either be certain I am correct or mention that I am not sure but I think I am correct if I am not sure. And, as you may have concluded by now, English is also my first language.

http://www.znanje.org/knjige/english/grammar/verbs/imperative.htm

The Imperative with question tags

Tags like will you?, won't you?, can you?, can't you?, could you? and would you? can often be used after an imperative for a variety of purposes: e.g.

- to express annoyance/impatience with will/won't/can't you? (rising tone):

Stop fiddling with that TV, will you/won't you/can't you?

- to make a request (can you? for neutral requests; could/would you? for more polite ones); or to sound less abrupt:

Post this letter for me can you?/could you?/would you?

- to offer polite encouragement or to make friendly offers and suggestions ([b]will you? and won't you?):Come in, will you/won't you? Take a seat, will you/won't you? [/b]
- to obtain the co-operation of others with Don't ... will you?

Don't tell anyone I told you, will you?

And note why don't you? as a tag in: e.g.

Go off for the weekend, why don't you?
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Sentence: Have some more dessert, won't you? #7 (permalink) Mon Jan 12, 2009 23:05 pm   Sentence: Have some more dessert, won't you?
 

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Calm down, Tarjeem. 'Won't you' is fine, too. I did not 'state' that you were incorrect; I just failed to include that option-- which is probably the most common one. The rationale for these forum threads is that one poster can support the other posters with additional information.
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Sentence: Have some more dessert, won't you? #8 (permalink) Mon Jan 12, 2009 23:40 pm   Sentence: Have some more dessert, won't you?
 

Mister Micawber wrote:
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Calm down, Tarjeem. 'Won't you' is fine, too. I did not 'state' that you were incorrect; I just failed to include that option-- which is probably the most common one. The rationale for these forum threads is that one poster can support the other posters with additional information.
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Thanks for the clarification. Wink
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Sentence: Have some more dessert, won't you? #9 (permalink) Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:46 pm   Sentence: Have some more dessert, won't you?
 

Tarjeem, Mister Micawber, thank you for such detailed explanation. It was very helpful in filling the gaps. =)
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