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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
analyzing question tags
Syntactically, is a question tag
1) a subordinate clause to the main clause or
2) is the whole question rather a compound sentence?
ex: She is beautiful, isn't she?
If a finite subordinate clause isn't the direct object, it has to be introduced by a conjunction, right? But I just can't imagine, that the question tag is an independent sentence.
Thanks for any help!
1) a subordinate clause to the main clause or
2) is the whole question rather a compound sentence?
ex: She is beautiful, isn't she?
If a finite subordinate clause isn't the direct object, it has to be introduced by a conjunction, right? But I just can't imagine, that the question tag is an independent sentence.
Thanks for any help!
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Hi, Let's consider your example. She is beautiful, isn't she? The tag can indeed be written as a separate sentence.
- Hi, Let's consider your example.
- She is beautiful, isn't she?
- The tag can indeed be written as a separate sentence.
- eg She is beautiful.
- Is she not beautiful?
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Hi,
Let's consider your example.
She is beautiful, isn't she?
The tag can indeed be written as a separate sentence. eg
She is beautiful. Is she not beautiful?
Let's consider your example.
She is beautiful, isn't she?
The tag can indeed be written as a separate sentence. eg
She is beautiful. Is she not beautiful?
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