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tag questions
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nagi
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tag questions
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Could you please tell me what the tag form is for the sentence"nobody can deny that most teenagers prefer pop music to classical music nowadays,......?"
Is it can they or don �t they? I �m a bit confused...
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24 Feb 2010
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Poohbear
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"Nobody can deny" is the main clause, the rest a subordinate clause. The question tag must follow the main clause, so the auxiliary CAN must be used.
IMO it is a negative sentence (nobody), so the tag has to be postivive, and thus, can they is correct.
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24 Feb 2010
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dosjulia
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Well, I wouldn �t have been able to find a better explanation than Poohbear �s!
I completely agree!
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24 Feb 2010
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