tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31830497.post334660108820107136..comments2024-02-28T05:25:12.859-05:00Comments on English, Jack: Amirite?Bretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02870575277556244419noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31830497.post-32640597100213045182011-06-27T06:41:20.590-05:002011-06-27T06:41:20.590-05:00Thanks, Ran! I found the same thing with ethnic Ch...Thanks, Ran! I found the same thing with ethnic Chinese in Singapore. <br /><br />That being said, I think I wasn't clear or thoughtful enough in my musings. I was envisioning it being presented in reading and listening texts in appropriate places. And I now recall that when I started that post (a week or two ago) I was expecting tag questions to be lower in frequency than they turned out to be. I was going to suggest just using <i>right?</i>.Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02870575277556244419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31830497.post-35606516471620338522011-06-26T20:37:28.466-05:002011-06-26T20:37:28.466-05:00> Perhaps these should simply be taught as unit...> Perhaps these should simply be taught as units without any internal or systematic analysis, at least at the beginning.<br /><br />But given that tag questions have to match the subject and verb of the main clause, isn't some systematic analysis necessary to even choose which "unit" to use?<br /><br />(I use the term "have to" a bit loosely. My father uses "isn't it?" almost exclusively, as do many Indian English speakers and even many British English speakers influenced by Indian English, and no one seems to have difficulty understanding. But I can't imagine a language class actually <em>teaching</em> that approach!)Ranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01369980917358096502noreply@blogger.com