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Aren īt I?
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ukonka
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Aren īt I?
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Dear teachers, please help with the correct variant of the tag question, when we use "am" - I am a good pupil, aren īt I or am I not? Such sentences appear not very often, but sometimes they do. I īm a young teacher and I need to use this form correctly. Thank you for your attention.
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1 May 2011
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yanogator
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David is right.It is gramatically correct to say "I am a good student, am I not?", but it is extremely formal. Bruce |
1 May 2011
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efty charle
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This is a special case in question tags and this is how it īs formed:
I am right, aren īt I?
I am pale, aren īt I? |
1 May 2011
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Jayho
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Yes that īs right Bruce, am I not is the formal version that we sometimes read in Classic British literature. Also, some people use this formal version to make a point, to emphasise something.
Aren īt I is the everyday version that most people use these days. |
1 May 2011
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