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Bbk_agp Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

What is negative question form to ask yourself!!!?

Hi everyone;

I never saw this kind of question and I never seen anyone use that Emotion: big smile, but in the class a student asked, and I'd like to know what's the answer, if there is any.

Sometimes we ask questions like: Am I right? Am I wrong? and so on... I wonder if there is any form of negative of this kind of questions... to ask something like: Am not I right!!!!?
If there is anything like that, where we use it?

Thanks
  

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You can use one of these: Am I not right? Aren't I right? The second sentence looks funny but it's idiomatic English for the simple reason that speakers of English have used it for centuries.

— Cool Breeze

  • You can use one of these: Am I not right?
  • Aren't I right?
  • The second sentence looks funny but it's idiomatic English for the simple reason that speakers of English have used it for centuries.
  • No doubt some of those native speakers who think English should be logical and "grammatical" suggest it should be avoided.
  • CB
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You can use one of these:

Am I not right?
Aren't I right?

The second sentence looks funny but it's idiomatic English for the simple reason that speakers of English have used it for centuries. No doubt some of those native speakers who think English should be logical and "grammatical" suggest it should be avoided.

CB
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