Damnam1 Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 (edited) How would you form the correct question tag for the following phrase: "I hope there are no more long texts, .." Would it be: a) arent there ? or arent they ? Thanks for the answer. I would definitely tend to a), as it refers to "texts". Edited February 9, 2011 by Damnam1 Stramash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiAnt Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Actually mate, the correct form would be "I hope there are no more long texts, don't I?" - 'cos it's about your hopes, not about the texts. "There are no more long texts", however, would require "are there?" (as "There are no..." being the same as "There aren't...") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damnam1 Posted February 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Cheers for your help mate - it´s for a translation on a work flow process manual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MarkCJ Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 "I hope there are no more long texts, don't I?" That really sounds strange. Either you are talking to yourself, or are asking someone else how you feel. How would they know? I'd go with PiAnt's second example .. "There are no more long texts,are there?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stramash Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 nothing to say - just getting markbawbag's name off the front page... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin_2 Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 nothing to say - just getting markbawbag's name off the front page... Judging from the secret police reports, he might end up on the front page of the Bangkok Post! (for excellence in teaching of course) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stramash Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Judging from the secret police reports, he might end up on the front page of the Bangkok Post!(for excellence in teaching of course) do you mean reports from the police which are secret? or reports from the secret police? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiaranM Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 do you mean reports from the police which are secret? or reports from the secret police? with thai police nothing stays secret for long !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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