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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Isn't meaning

What does the word convey in these sort of questions?

Isn't she beautiful?
Isn't he dumb?

Does it mean that do you agree that she is beautiful and he is dumb?
  

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Anonymous What does the word convey in these sort of questions? What do the words convey .... The questions were formed by a group of words.

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  • Anonymous What does the word convey in these sort of questions?
  • What do the words convey ....
  • The questions were formed by a group of words.
  • So it needs a plural verb in my opinion Anonymous Isn't she beautiful?
  • This form of question connotes an affirmation in one's own mind: she is so beautiful ....!
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AnonymousWhat does the word convey in these sort of questions?
What do the words convey .... ? The questions were formed by a group of words. So it needs a plural verb in my opinion
AnonymousIsn't she beautiful?
This form of question connotes an affirmation in one's own mind: she is so beautiful ....!
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Anonymousin these sorts of questions?
Isn't she beautiful? ~ Don't you agree with me that she is truly beautiful?
Isn't he dumb? ~ Don't you agree with me that he is truly dumb?
Weren't they just the best of friends? ~ Don't you agree with me that they were truly the best of friends?
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CalifJimOf course, this phrasing can be used to ask a sincere question, rather than the quasi-exclamatory type of question illustrated above.Isn't she the one who won the prize for poetry?
Thanks, CJ. That was very helpful!
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Yes i agree she is beautiful and he is dumb

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Isnt she beautiful?

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