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Milky Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

tag "questions".

0Can all uses of tag questions really be seen as questions?02br
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00Personally, I'd say that the ones with 01i00falling intonation02i00 on the tag should not be seen, or taught, as questions. What do you think?0-
  

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02font 02br 02br 01font 00Personally, I'd say that the ones with 01i 00falling intonation02i 00 on the tag should not be seen, or taught, as questions. 02font 02br 02br 00Genrally speaking, I'd teach them as questions to which the speaker expects agreement. 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-

— Clive

  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00Personally, I'd say that the ones with 01i 00falling intonation02i 00 on the tag should not be seen, or taught, as questions.
  • 02font 02br 02br 00Genrally speaking, I'd teach them as questions to which the speaker expects agreement.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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0Hi,02br
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00Well, I acknowledge the point you are getting at, as to a question really is.02br
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00I was just thinking in terms of grammatical structures, question word order and so on. That's how I approach it in class. A more 'philosophical' approach, discussing what really constitutes a question, would not really be appropriate for the people I te
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