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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

tag question

Your father told me you were going to go abroad, ______ you?
A. didn't you
B. wouldn't you
C. didn't he
D. weren't you
thanks in advance
  

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The test item is faulty. A final 'you' occurs in the stem and also in the responses, so none of the responses can be correct. Your father told me you were going to go abroad, didn't you you ?

— CalifJim

  • The test item is faulty.
  • A final 'you' occurs in the stem and also in the responses, so none of the responses can be correct.
  • Your father told me you were going to go abroad, didn't you you ?
  • Nevertheless, it seems that the test-makers want you to answer A.
  • CJ Edit: D, not A.
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The test item is faulty.

A final 'you' occurs in the stem and also in the responses, so none of the responses can be correct.

Your father told me you were going to go abroad, didn't you you?

Nevertheless, it seems that the test-makers want you to answer A.

CJ

Edit: D, not A.
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Answer A just doesn't work.

While #1 below is just about possible, the only really correct sentence, in my opinion,is #2

Your father told me you were going to go abroad, ___weren't you?
Your father told me you were going to go abroad, didn't he?
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fivejedjonAnswer A just doesn't work.
Right. I appear to be in a mental fog this morning. Time for another cup of coffee!

CJ
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That question would put most people in a fog.

I don't think the utterance "Your father told me you were going to go abroad"is one to which many native speakers would add a question tag naturally. It strikes me as one of these questions which a bored teacher/writer sets just to catch out learners, ignoring the fact that it's rather artificial.
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Agree completely.

Eliminating the artificial is a life long project. Emotion: smile

CJ
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AnonymousYour father told me you were going to go abroad, ____ you?
Emotion: rolleyes

This
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Aspara GusThis is just terrible!
What's the matter? Don't you like this one?

Your father told me you were going to go abroad, didn't he you?

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Your father told me that your mother thought that Peter had suggested that you were considering going abroad, .... ....?
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fivejedjonYour father told me that your mother thought that Peter had suggested that you were considering going abroad, .... ....?
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Your father told me you were going to go abroad, weren't you?

A small extra comment.

Despite the truth of what has been said in the thread so far, I think this is very typical of what is often actually said in casual speech. It's like we start speaking with one thought in mind, an
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