boboy234567
10-07-2009, 10:44 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_question
A special case occurs when the main verb is to be in a simple tense. Here the tag question repeats the main verb, not an auxiliary:
This is a book, isn't it?
(Not doesn't it?, as the normal rules for present simple would suggest.)
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If the main verb is to have, either solution is possible:
He has a book, hasn't he? <----------
He has a book, doesn't he?
I didn't know that. I always think that it is
correct to say " He has a book, doesn't he?"
My question is is it common to say" He has a book, hasn't he?"?
Thanks
A special case occurs when the main verb is to be in a simple tense. Here the tag question repeats the main verb, not an auxiliary:
This is a book, isn't it?
(Not doesn't it?, as the normal rules for present simple would suggest.)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If the main verb is to have, either solution is possible:
He has a book, hasn't he? <----------
He has a book, doesn't he?
I didn't know that. I always think that it is
correct to say " He has a book, doesn't he?"
My question is is it common to say" He has a book, hasn't he?"?
Thanks