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| Autor: | Dale-USA |
| E-mail: | dale_thomas2004@yahoo.com.br |
| Data: | 07/NOV/2011 3:45 PM |
| Assunto: | How often are question tags used? |
| Mensagem: |
Certainly, Teacher. I hear it in conversational English often. Thank you very much for introducing "then". As you know, it is used much like "correct?" or "right?" Very good point! Frankly, I think you have found a shortcoming with native speakers. We use something so naturally that it doesn't seem worthy of comment, but it is. I remember running across "mal" in a Brazilian story. It didn't seem to fit. I asked some Brazilians about it and they couldn't explain its use to me. Their comments centered on "mal means mal'. LOL The obvious problem is that I was thinking "poorly" and they were thinking "scarcely, barely, etc." Same word, different meanings. |
English Made in Brazil -- English, Portuguese, & contrastive linguistics
How often are question tags used? – Jefferson 
07/NOV/2011, 3:51 AM How often are question tags used? – PPAULO 07/NOV/2011, 5:19 AM How often are question tags used? – Dale-USA 07/NOV/2011, 2:14 PM How often are question tags used? – Teacher 07/NOV/2011, 3:21 PM 
How often are question tags used? – Dale-USA 07/NOV/2011, 3:45 PM How often are question tags used? – Teacher 08/NOV/2011, 7:54 PM Teacher – Dale-USA 08/NOV/2011, 9:57 PM