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Sesquipedalian101 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
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What function does 'what' have in the following sentence? What its meaning?
1. Well, Jeeves, the going has been pretty tough, what?
1. Well, Jeeves, the going has been pretty tough, what?
Top answer
I'd take it as isn't it?
- I'd take it as isn't it?
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To an American, it sounds like an old-fashioned, upper-class British speech pattern. As far as meaning, it's just a tag word that turns a statement into a question -- like "isn't it?" as Marius suggested. You might also see "eh what?"
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