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Tim Chen 8872 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

hasn't he, or wasn't he?

He must have been here, hasn't he?
He must have been here, wasn't he?

Doesn't the abovementioned both correct?
If so, which one is more commonly used?
  

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Technically, it would be He must've been here, mustn't he? and Aren't both of the above mentioned correct?

  • Technically, it would be He must've been here, mustn't he?
  • and Aren't both of the above mentioned correct?
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Technically, it would be

He must've been here, mustn't he?

and

Aren't both of the above mentioned correct?

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I know what you said is correct saying, but are the other two ways of saying right?
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No, actually they aren't. You may find this explanation helpful:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_question#Auxiliary
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thanks, though I 've heard "....hasn't he" before.
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Yes. Emotion: smile It's possible to sayhasn't he, but not in this particular sentence. You could say, He's been there, hasn't he?
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He must have been here, hasn't he? No.
He must have been here, wasn't he? No.

He must have been here, mustn't he? OK.
He must have been here, mustn't he have? OK.
He must have been here, mustn't he have been? OK.

Note, however, that native speakers do not use tag questions like this very often. In authentic speech tag questions are much less used than your gramm

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