"Is it?" VS "Isn't she?"
Dear teachers,
I heard a native speaker of American English saying the following:
"She is now the Duchess of Sussex, is it?"
Shouldn't the question tag be "isn't she?"
Thank you for your help.
Top answer
e. positive clause + negative tag. " was not intended to be a confirmatory tag about her royal status, but the speaker simply asking whether they were stating her title correctly.
- e.
- positive clause + negative tag.
- " was not intended to be a confirmatory tag about her royal status, but the speaker simply asking whether they were stating her title correctly.
- " would then mean "have I got the title exactly right?
- Can you see the difference?
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If it is intended as a straightforward confirmatory tag then, yes, it should be "isn't she", where the subject of the tag matches that of the main clause and the tag has reverse polarity, i.e. positive clause + negative tag.
However, it's possible that "is it?" was not intended to be a confirmatory tag about her royal status, but the speaker simply asking whether they were stating her ti
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