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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Why this tag?

Please tell me why the following sentence has the tag as it is.

It is hardly snowed at all this winter, has it (why not, is it?).
  

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Hi, Please tell me why the following sentence has the tag as it is. ). 'It is snowed' is incorrect.

  • Hi, Please tell me why the following sentence has the tag as it is.
  • ).
  • 'It is snowed' is incorrect.
  • it should be 'It has snowed'.
  • That explains the tag.
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Hi,

Please tell me why the following sentence has the tag as it is.

It is hardly snowed at all this winter, has it (why not, is it?).

'It is snowed' is incorrect. it should be 'It has snowed'. That explains the tag.

The short form, of course, is 'It's snowed', which is probably what has confused you.
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Hey,

Is there a possibility that u might have made a mistake while typing the letters_?

Cos the correct one should be like that;

It hasn't snowed hardly at all this winter, has it?
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Dj Bueno
Hey,

Is there a possibility that u might have made a mistake while typing the letters_?

Cos the correct one should be like that;

It hasn't snowed hardly at all this winter, has it?

Sorry, Dj. 'Hardly' is a negative and cannot be used with a negative ver
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Thanks but why didn't we use the tag "hasn't it" instead of "has it" then?

It has snowed......, hasn't it? or It has snowed...., has it?
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Dj Bueno
Thanks but why didn't we use the tag "hasn't it" instead of "has it" then?'

It has snowed......, hasn't it? or It has snowed...., has it?

The tag is in the negative for an affirmative sentence, in the affirmative for a negative sentence.

It has snowed, hasn't it? It ha
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Aha Capito Emotion: wink

By the way you seem eager to improve your Turkish
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Sorry I couldn't delete this doubled post therefore I'm writing something else for it.

Regards,

DjB

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