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Seagull Posted 10 years ago
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Tag questions

Regarding tag questions, I know sentence patterns like these:

John answered the phone, didn't he?
Alice couldn't answer the question, could she?

Then, how about cases like these? --

(A) Somebody answered the phone, __?
(B) No one could answer the question, __?
  

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seagull how about cases like these? -- (A) Somebody answered the phone, _? (B) No one could answer the question, _ ?

— CalifJim

  • seagull how about cases like these?
  • -- (A) Somebody answered the phone, _?
  • (B) No one could answer the question, _ ?
  • You can use "singular they ".
  • Somebody answered the phone, didn't they?
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seagullhow about cases like these? -- (A) Somebody answered the phone, _? (B) No one could answer the question, _?
You can use "singular they".

Somebody answered the phone, didn't they?
No one could answer the question, could they?

CJ
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I understand.
Thank you so much, CalifJim.
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