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Espeland Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Tag questions with indefinit pronouns
Hello everybody !
I've got a question about tag questions.
A tag question is for ex. "You don't go home, do you ?" or "It is strange, isn't it ?"
How do you form a tag question if the subject is a pronoun like nobody or somebody ?
Nobody was expecting that, wasn't ____ ....? ...he ? it ?
Thank you in advance for any help.
I've got a question about tag questions.
A tag question is for ex. "You don't go home, do you ?" or "It is strange, isn't it ?"
How do you form a tag question if the subject is a pronoun like nobody or somebody ?
Nobody was expecting that, wasn't ____ ....? ...he ? it ?
Thank you in advance for any help.
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Hi, Welcome to the Forum. I've got a question about tag questions. A tag question is for ex.
- Hi, Welcome to the Forum.
- I've got a question about tag questions.
- A tag question is for ex.
- " How do you form a tag question if the subject is a pronoun like nobody or somebody ?
- Nobody was expecting that, wasn't ____ ....?
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Hi,
Welcome to the Forum.
I've got a question about tag questions.
A tag question is for ex. "You don't go home, do you ?" or "It is strange, isn't it ?"
How do you form a tag question if the subject is a pronoun like nobody or somebody ?
Nobody was expecting that, wasn't ____ ....? ...he ? it ?
First, a couple
Welcome to the Forum.
I've got a question about tag questions.
A tag question is for ex. "You don't go home, do you ?" or "It is strange, isn't it ?"
How do you form a tag question if the subject is a pronoun like nobody or somebody ?
Nobody was expecting that, wasn't ____ ....? ...he ? it ?
First, a couple
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Clive1. Questions with negative words like nobody or nothing use positive tags.
2. Although words like nobody and somebody use a singular verb ('was' in your example), a plural pronoun is commonly used to refer to them.
Thus, what we say as a tag is this. Nobody was expecting that, were they?
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Hi again,
So I have to say in the same pattern Somebody is behind the door, aren't they ?, have I ?
Yes. But I think a lot of native speakers would instinctively feel that this particular example sounds a little awkward. Thus, they'd be more likely to reword it to something like this. There is somebody behind the door, isn
So I have to say in the same pattern Somebody is behind the door, aren't they ?, have I ?
Yes. But I think a lot of native speakers would instinctively feel that this particular example sounds a little awkward. Thus, they'd be more likely to reword it to something like this. There is somebody behind the door, isn
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Hi Clive
Nobody was expecting that, were they? Nobody was expecting that, weren't they?
I believe either "were" or "weren't" can be used? Am I correct?
Many thanks.
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Hi,
Nobody was expecting that, were they? Nobody was expecting that, weren't they?
I believe either "were" or "weren't" can be used? Am I correct?
No, it sounds very wrong with nobody.
Similarly, say
Nobody was expecting that, were they? Nobody was expecting that, weren't they?
I believe either "were" or "weren't" can be used? Am I correct?
No, it sounds very wrong with nobody.
Similarly, say
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