What is known as a tag question in english grammar?
Monday, March 15th, 2010 at
3:33 pm
Please help me out in finding the answer for this question,it is an English grammar related question.
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It is where you ask a question after a statement – it makes the statement less positive or assertive, and seeks confirmation of what has been stated. Tag questions are a feature of women’s talk, an example would be, ‘Susan has lost a lot of weight, hasn’t she?’ ‘Hasn’t she?’ is the tag question.
If the glove don’t fit you must acquit. Right?
A Tag question (also: question tag) is a grammatical structure in which a declarative statement or an imperative is turned into a question by adding an interrogative fragment (the "tag"). The term "tag question" is generally preferred by American grammarians, while their British counterparts prefer "question tag".
E.g. * Open the window, will you?
* She doesn’t really want that, does she?
* You’d better stop now, hadn’t you?
* So you thought it would be a good idea to reprogram the computer, did you?
* It’s quite an achievement, isn’t it, to win a Nobel prize!
* Oh I must, must I?
* I just adore Beethoven, don’t you?
* I’m coming with you, all right?
* You’ve been there, right?
* Easier said than done, eh?
* You went there, no?
A tag question is a special construction in English. It is a statement followed by a mini-question. The whole sentence is a "tag question", and the mini-question at the end is called a "question tag".
We use tag questions at the end of statements to ask for confirmation. They mean something like: "Am I right?" or "Do you agree?" They are very common in English.