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Tinanam0102 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Question Tag of "It seems to me it's a new account, doesn't it?

Hi teachers,

Did I use the right question tag in the following sentences? Thanks.

It seems to me it's a new account, doesn't it?

It seems like it's a new account, doesn't it?

Regards,

Tinanam
  

Top answer

Use the second sentence, but change it to: It seems to be a new account, doesn't it? If you use the tag in the first sentence, you are asking for confirmation of your "thinking", and you do know what you think.

  • Use the second sentence, but change it to: It seems to be a new account, doesn't it?
  • If you use the tag in the first sentence, you are asking for confirmation of your "thinking", and you do know what you think.
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Use the second sentence, but change it to: It seems to be a new account, doesn't it?

If you use the tag in the first sentence, you are asking for confirmation of your "thinking", and you do know what you think.
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Hi Philip,

Would the following correct? Thank you.

It seems to me it's a new account, isn't it? And

It looks like it's a new account, isn't it?

Regards,

Tinanam
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Philip: Please forgive my chiming in! A-Emotion: stars
tinanam0102It seems to me it's a new account, isn't it?
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Hi AlpheccaStars,

Thanks for the explanation. In school we used to follow the textbook, It is a new a account, isn't it?. You would choose isn't it. However in conversation, sentences tend to be vey long, like, "Don't you tell me you're going to bail out on me, aren't you/ do you? I don't have another staff to cover with me.?" Sometimes it seems b
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tinanam0102"Don't you tell me you're going to bail out on me, aren't you/ do you?
I would not add the rhetorical question after a complex sentence. It is too confusing.

You're going to cop bail out on me, aren't you?

The negative is:

You're not going to cop out on me, are you?

Here are examples with othe
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AlpheccaStarsThe idiom is "cop out" not "bail out"
Not for me it isn't. Emotion: smile

To bail out
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Hi guys,

I don't have any objection to

It seems to me it's a new account, isn't it?

It's just a way of asking for confirmation that it's a new account.

I certainly hear that form a lot.

Best wishes, Clive
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CalifJimTo bail out is to withdraw previously promised support or cooperation in a joint venture or contract of some kind.
CJ:
Yes, I thought of that, but there's not much difference in structure between "bail out on me" and "bail me out", which have entirely different connotations!
"Don't cop out on me " seems to have less risk of a mix up.
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Dear Philip, AlpheccaStars, Clive, CaliJim,

Thanks for helping me through to understand this specific question.

Regards,

Tinanam

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