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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Microquestions or question tags

0 Hi,02br
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01b00Learning Spanish shouldn't be difficult after all, should it?02br
00I think learning Spanish could be more difficult than you think, couldn't it?02br
00This bomb might explode, mightn't it?02b02br
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00I think all of those are weird (especially "mightn't it", which I don't think it's much in use). But what are some alternative ways to say that you are not sure and you are asking if it is actually the other way around? For example:02br
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01b00Learning Spanish shouldn't be difficult after all... (or) is it?02br
00Learning Spanish shouldn't be difficult after all... (or) should it?02br
00Learning Spanish shouldn't be difficult after all... or not?02br
00Learning Spanish shouldn't be difficult after all, no?02br
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00In the UK they speak American English, no?02br
00In the UK they speak American English, or not?02br
00In the UK they speak American English... or don't they?02b02br
00etc...02br
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00So I'd like some stuff like that... (obviously in use, not weird or prehistoric English 05000)02br
00Thank you in advance 051010id411id1
  

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0>In the UK they speak American English, 01font00no02font00?01b02br
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10This is Rafa Nadal speak15011b12br
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10 LOL!02br
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00So, does anyone knows what I could say when I'm not completely sure of something, and ask whether it is the other way around? Like my examples above...02br
00Thank
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01cite10Kooyeen12cite10Hi,12br
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11b10Learning Spanish shouldn't be difficult after all, should it? 12b11font10Fine, but I'd personally prefer using 'after all' at the beginning: 12br
11b10After all, learning Spanish shouldn't be difficult, should it?
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0 Thank you Amy.02br
00But... I can't say anything!02br
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00In the UK they speak American English, don't they? This is the classic question tag. Isn't there any other way to express the same thing? For example adding an "or" before "don't they"... etc.02br
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01b00MrPedantic is from Venice... hmm, or isn't he? 02br
00MrP
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0After a hesitation, become totally unsure:02br
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00, or is he?02br
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00, or should he?02br
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00but not tag questions.0-
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0 I'm told that in Missouri you can add 01i00ain't it02i00 (****: 01i00aynit02i00) or 01i00innit02i00 to 01u00any02u00 statement as a tag! (I don't recommend imitating this practice.)02br
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01i00The neighbors bought a new car, ain't it?02br
00 Gas prices sure ar
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10I'm told that in Missouri you can add 11i10ain't it12i10 (****: 11i10aynit12i10) or 11i10innit12i10 to 11u10any12u10 statement as a tag! (I don't recommend imitating this practice.)12blockquote
10That's
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0 Hi Kooyeen02br
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00If you wanted to sound like a German who is learning English and still making mistakes, you could say:02br
01i00"MrPedantic is from Venice, or?" 05002i01b02br
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02b00That would be an overly direct translation of German, and 01b00not02b00 typical English..02br
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01cite10Kooyeen12cite11b10MrPedantic is from Venice... hmm, or isn't he? 12br
10MrPedantic should be from Venice, as far as I know... or isn't he?12br
10MrPedantic should be from Venice, as far as I know... hmm, or not?12b12br
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10Many things can 01u01
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0Ok, I see I can't say anything 05000 Boo-hoo02br
00I'll just use classic question tags or "right?", that's the safest thing to do. 02br
00Thank you very much for your help...02br
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00Just to be sure, what kind of "question tag" would you use with "should"? For example is this case:02br
01b00MrP should be from Venice, as fa
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