TAG ENDINGS

(Tag Questions)

(Confirming questions)

These questions confirm what the sentence says and are added to the end of a sentence , following a comma.

In very many cases the words ‘right?’ or ‘OK?’ are used for this purpose in conversation but they are too casual for formal speech. You should not use them in writing.

'Isn't it?' is often contracted to 'ennit?', especially in British English. This is illiterate and is hardly English at all. But it's easy to fall into this habit....

EXAMPLES OF TAG QUESTIONS:

a. This is the right place, isn’t it?

b. You weren’t there at the time, were you?

c. It’s really quite good, isn’t it?

d. You’re not going to wear that, are you?

e. He's new here, isn't he?

If the sentence is positive the tag question must be in the negative (examples a. c. and e. above).

If the sentence is negative the tag question must be positive (examples b. and d. above)

The negative is always contracted, like this:

‘weren’t you?’  ‘isn’t it?’  'wasn't he? and so on.

If the negative is spoken in full,

‘were you not?’ ‘is it not?’  'was he not?'

your question will sound pompous and will be much too formal. Generally, only judges and lawyers in court speak like that.

It is possible to have two positives but this usually sounds sarcastic or aggressive:

Oh, so you’re Martin Smith, are you?

So you thought that was a good idea, did you?

I see, these have all been sold, have they?

And you want to give the boss some advice, do you?

This usage should be avoided.

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