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| Do we have to say: I don't think you've met Jenifer, don't you? OR I don't think you've met Jenifer, haven't you? |
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| #3 (permalink) Sat Mar 06, 2010 14:44 pm Question tags |
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I think it's HAVE YOU as we use the auxiliary of the subordinate clause's verb but use the affirmative or negative form of the main clause's verb. Do you understand what I've said?
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| #4 (permalink) Sat Mar 06, 2010 14:52 pm Question tags |
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| No, sorry, I don't quite understand that. |
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| #5 (permalink) Sat Mar 06, 2010 15:02 pm Question tags |
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Anh is right,
it's "Have you?"
Analyze your sentence as [I don't think] [you have met her].
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| #6 (permalink) Sat Mar 06, 2010 15:18 pm Question tags |
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| Vietanhpham_Winter wrote: |
| I think it's HAVE YOU as we use the auxiliary of the subordinate clause's verb but use the affirmative or negative form of the main clause's verb. Do you understand what I've said? |
Could you please provide me a grammar reference for that? May be it could be an extract from your grammar books or a website? |
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| #7 (permalink) Sat Mar 06, 2010 15:43 pm Question tags |
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http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic50854.html
Your example adds a second more complex issue to the standard description given in the thread above. In you example the notion "you have met her" is negated by the main clause "I don't think". So even though the original sentence is structurally affirmative (yes answer), the idea is negative and thus the question tag is positive (the opposite of the original idea which was negative).
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| #8 (permalink) Sat Mar 06, 2010 17:28 pm Question tags |
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| Penuel wrote: |
Hello again today!
Please help me to choose the right question tag for the following:
I don't think you've met Jenifer ......?
I'm in a doubt because here we have 2 auxiliries DON'T and HAVE, which one we have to use the correct question tag?
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HAVE YOU..?
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| #9 (permalink) Sat Mar 06, 2010 20:38 pm Question tags |
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| Thank you very much everybody for your help!!! |
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