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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Can say this in verbal english?
1)I went to the shop and ate some apples.
2)Also wanted to know why in verbal English people often said " you're coming yay" instead of " are you coming?"
Thank you
2)Also wanted to know why in verbal English people often said " you're coming yay" instead of " are you coming?"
Thank you
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- - This is a strange thing to do at a shop, but the grammar is OK. " -- I didn't know that English people said 'yay' after a question. Which English people?
- - - This is a strange thing to do at a shop, but the grammar is OK.
- " -- I didn't know that English people said 'yay' after a question.
- Which English people?
- ' to a statement to make a question?
- Making a question by simply using the statement form (S-V) and raising the pitch at the end of it is also a common contemporary technique in AmE.
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1) I went to the shop and ate some apples.-- This is a strange thing to do at a shop, but the grammar is OK.
2) Also wanted to know why in spoken English people often said " you're coming yay" instead of " are you coming?"-- I didn't know that English people said 'yay' after a question. Which English people? Are you talking about Canadian English speakers
2) Also wanted to know why in spoken English people often said " you're coming yay" instead of " are you coming?"-- I didn't know that English people said 'yay' after a question. Which English people? Are you talking about Canadian English speakers
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