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Christmane1 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Part of speech: "you know?"
Does anyone know what the term is for tacking on something such as "ya know?" or "right?" (accompanied by a comma before the phrase) at the end of a sentence?
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" For example: You're still planning to go swimming this morning, right?
- " For example: You're still planning to go swimming this morning, right?
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If your sentence is a question, it's called a "tag question."
For example: You're still planning to go swimming this morning, right?
For example: You're still planning to go swimming this morning, right?
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Thanks for the reply, JohnParis. I apologize if I didn't explain clearly enough. What would be the technical term, not necessarily used in an interrogative sentence, if it was more like this: "Because money doesn't grow on trees, ya know." Would it be a grammatically specific phrase?
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Hi,
You know is an idiom if it is being used like this:
It's impossible to deceive her. She's no fool, you know.
You definitely have a naive view of the world. There are a lot of mean people outside, you know.
Use you rather than ya.
Regards
You know is an idiom if it is being used like this:
It's impossible to deceive her. She's no fool, you know.
You definitely have a naive view of the world. There are a lot of mean people outside, you know.
Use you rather than ya.
Regards
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