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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Tag questions. (MUST)

Guys, what's the appropriate tag question here? i need your replies. thanks!

You must come to school regularly,
  

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American English: You must come to school regularly, mustn't you? There have been many discussions on this. Apparently British English does not have a similar construction with the auxiliary must ..

— AlpheccaStars

  • American English: You must come to school regularly, mustn't you?
  • There have been many discussions on this.
  • Apparently British English does not have a similar construction with the auxiliary must ..
  • Since I am not fluent in the lingo spoken across the pond, I will leave it to one of our BrE speakers to give you their natural choice among these possibilities: You must come to school regularly, can't you?
  • You must come to school regularly, shan't you?
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American English:

You must come to school regularly, mustn't you?

There have been many discussions on this. Apparently British English does not have a similar construction with the auxiliary must.. Since I am not fluent in the lingo spoken across the pond, I will leave it to one of our BrE speakers to give you their natural choice among these possibil
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AnonymousYou must come to school regularly,
If I used a tag there, it’d be right?
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I left Britain years ago, but I'd be surprised if they didn't still say mustn't.you?

A-stars, all 3 of those possibilities look completely wrong to me.

Clive
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CliveI left Britain years ago, but I'd be surprised if they didn't still say mustn't.you?Gus, all 3 of those possibilities look completely wrong to me.
I know - I just was trying to pull from my foggy memory the conclusion of the prior discussion.. I tried to find it, but didn't. It was in the past few months though.

EDIT: I did find the thread, than
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