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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Question tags for some sentences?

1. The patient had died before the doctor came, hadn't he?
2. The patient died after the doctor had come, didn't he?

Are the above tag questions are correct? If not correct, please give me a correct solution.
  

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1. The patient had died before the doctor came, hadn't he? ok 2.

  • 1.
  • The patient had died before the doctor came, hadn't he?
  • ok 2.
  • The patient died after the doctor came , didn't he?
  • ok 'After' clearly denotes the sequence of events and hence came seems all right here.
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1. The patient had died before the doctor came, hadn't he? ok

2. The patient died after the doctor came, didn't he? ok

'After' clearly denotes the sequence of events and hence came seems all right here.
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