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#2 (permalink) Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:47 am Using the right question tags |
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Good morning Daemon.
We are having the party tomorrow, aren't we?
He hasn't come to the office, has he?
Can it be considered an Indianism?
Don't know the answer to that one mate, but it sounds as it may be so if in common usage.
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#3 (permalink) Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:25 am Using the right question tags |
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Thanks a lot, Bill!
Let's see what the other native speakers have to say about this? _________________ Non-native speaker of English
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Daemon99 I'm here quite often ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Thu Jun 18, 2009 14:13 pm Using the right question tags |
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Hi Daemon,
From an AmE perspective, both of those tags sound very unnatural to my ears.
Not sure about the Indian English aspect. _________________ Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow.
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Skrej I'm here quite often ;-)

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#5 (permalink) Thu Jun 18, 2009 15:27 pm Using the right question tags |
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Thanks a lot, Skrej!
What if I replaced is it with is it so in those sentences? Would it be OK then? _________________ Non-native speaker of English
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Daemon99 I'm here quite often ;-)
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#6 (permalink) Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:08 am Using the right question tags |
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the first answer is : aren't we?
the second is : has he? |
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Nasrawy000 New Member
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| Phrase 'our holiday will stat from next week" | Usage of refuse and reject |