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I would like to know whether a negative tag can be used for the following sentence:
If you don't like your job, you should look for another one, ..............?
A question tag app from Playstore says that the correct answer is shouldn't you. But I think the correct one is should you.
Could any English scholar help me?
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If you don't like your job, you should look for another one , .......... In confirmatory tags the polarity is the reverse of that of the clause to which it is attached. The tag here attaches to the underlined clause, which is positive, so the tag should be the negative "shouldn't you"?
- If you don't like your job, you should look for another one , ..........
- In confirmatory tags the polarity is the reverse of that of the clause to which it is attached.
- The tag here attaches to the underlined clause, which is positive, so the tag should be the negative "shouldn't you"?
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If you don't like your job, you should look for another one, ..............?
In confirmatory tags the polarity is the reverse of that of the clause to which it is attached.
The tag here attaches to the underlined clause, which is positive, so the tag should be the negative "shouldn't you"?
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