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tag question

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tag question
n.
A question used after a statement when seeking or expecting confirmation of that statement, as wasn't he in He was here, wasn't he?


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25) Other potential pitfalls for interpreters include tag questions or "interrogative fragments" added to a statement to elicit agreement or disagreement from the addressee.
I know if I subtly raise my voice tonality at the end of a tag question, I insert a dash of uncertainty.
However, Todd identifies the following syntactic variations of WAE: the indiscriminate use of the tag questions isn't it/not so?
 
 
 
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