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Tag question logo #21000 A question tag or tag question (also known as tail question) is a grammatical structure in which a declarative statement or an imperative is turned into a question by adding an interrogative fragment (the `tag`). For example, in the sentence `You`re John, aren`t you?`, the statement `You`re John` is turned into a question by the tag `are...
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tag question logo #20713simple question tagged on to the end of a statement to establish whether a listener has understood, or to invite confirmation (e.g. isn‘t it, don‘t you, can‘t I)
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