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Hanuman_2000 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Tag question

Hello,

1.I don't like him, do you?

I want to know why the tag question has "do you" when "I" is the subject of the sentence.
e.g.
2. I'm happy, aren't you?

One more question-

What does the tag question part mean?

Thanks.
  

Top answer

No one is so dumb as to ask himself : I don't like him, do I? That's why something else is usually used. You can of course say: I am right, aren't I ?

— Cool Breeze

  • No one is so dumb as to ask himself : I don't like him, do I?
  • That's why something else is usually used.
  • You can of course say: I am right, aren't I ?
  • In that case you want to know the opinion of the one you're talking to.
  • Or you're just being polite.
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No one is so dumb as to ask himself: I don't like him, do I? That's why something else is usually used. You can of course say: I am right, aren't I? In that case you want to know the opinion of the one you're talking to.

Or you're just being polite. Tag questions often just soften your comments and make them sound less abrupt.

CB
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hanuman_2000I don't like him, do you?
I'm happy, aren't you?
Those aren’t tag questions; they’re comma splices. They should be written as:

I don’t like him. Do you?
I’m happy. Aren’t you?
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