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Hans51 Posted 10 years ago
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Q: Are you unhappy? A: Yes.
Q: Are you unhappy?
A: Yes.
Here in the sentence, the meaning of 'Yes' is 'Yes, I am unhappy' or 'Yes, I am happy'?
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
A: Yes.
Here in the sentence, the meaning of 'Yes' is 'Yes, I am unhappy' or 'Yes, I am happy'?
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
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Q: Are you unhappy ? A: Yes . " ) Q: Is ice cold?
- Q: Are you unhappy ?
- A: Yes .
- " ) Q: Is ice cold?
- A: Yes.
- " ) I think you are confusing tag questions.
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Q: Are you unhappy?
A: Yes. (The answer to the question is "yes." )
Q: Is ice cold?
A: Yes. (The answer to the question is "yes." )
I think you are confusing tag questions.
He doesn't look unhappy, does he?
He seems happy, doesn't he?
A: Yes. (The answer to the question is "yes." )
Q: Is ice cold?
A: Yes. (The answer to the question is "yes." )
I think you are confusing tag questions.
He doesn't look unhappy, does he?
He seems happy, doesn't he?
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AlpheccaStars Q: Are you unhappy?A: Yes. (The answer to the question is "yes." )Thank you so much, so the meaning of the answer Yes here is that I am unhappy, right?
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Hans51Here in the sentence, the meaning of 'Yes' is 'Yes, I am unhappy' or 'Yes, I am happy'?Yes, I am unhappy.
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Are you unhappy? is not the same as Aren't you happy?
If you're not happy, you answer the first one "yes" and the second one "no".
CJ
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