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Teo Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Isn't Bart strong and smart!

Isn't Bart strong and smart!

What does the above EXCLAMATORY sentence mean?
  

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How strong and smart Bart is! Bart is amazingly strong and smart! CJ

  • How strong and smart Bart is!
  • Bart is amazingly strong and smart!
  • CJ
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How strong and smart Bart is!

Bart is amazingly strong and smart!

CJ
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Boy, am I hungry.

What does the above EXCLAMATORY sentence mean?
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TeoBoy, am I hungry!!!

What does the above EXCLAMATORY sentence mean?
I'm really hungry!
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'boy' is a common exclamatory word which has mostly lost its meaning as a young male child when used in this context. However, a word of caution. I would not use the exclamatory 'boy' in a conversation with an African-American man, since it used to be used with derogatory intent, especially in the days of slavery in America. I made this mistake once quite innocently and received some dirt
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Isn't Bart strong and smart!

Is Bart strong and smart!

Do the above exclamatory sentences have the same meaning?!
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As an exclamation I would say yes, they are saying the same thing.

Wow, that sure was easy!
Wow, was that easy!
Wow, wasn't that easy!
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Was that easy! and Am I hungry! are particularly American constructions. I don't think we have this inversion for an exclamation in BrE.
When we use the negative, it's formally an interrogative, so if I say Isn't he clever? it's like asking Don't you think he's clever? However,
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Should we read these exclamatory sentences with falling intonation, rising intonation or either?

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