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Leylalily Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Tag questions formed with negative Imperatives

Is there a general rule about the question tag on a negative imperative tag question?

Can I end it wil any of the modal verbs

Don't smoke, will you?

Don't smoke, can you?

Don't smoke, could you?

I'm not sure about which one sounds most natural??

Any ideas?

Thanks
  

Top answer

Hi, None of those sound great to me. Clive

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Hi,

None of those sound great to me.

Clive
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None of those sound natural. If you want to soften the imperative with a question, use "Don't smoke -- okay?"
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Bad example! OK I'll try again Emotion: surprise)

Don't drink, will you?

Stop shouting, will you?

I think I've just ans
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LeylalilyDon't drink, will you?
Stop shouting, will you?
The second is fine; the first is still problematical. That's because "stop shouting" is not a negative sentence -- if you say "stop shouting, will you" the person can reply "yes, I will stop shouting" or "no, I won't stop shouting." If you say "Don't drink, will you?" the person can't reall
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I think it is ok.

you can say

1- don't smoke in the campus, won't you? we use "won't ?" negative tag to indicate polite request.

2- Sit down, would you?

3- Open the window, will you?

All of these examples are correct.

good luck

Salman Aldawsari

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Maybe even I have asked some native speakers they said, it us right but might bee useless

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