Unit 12 its fresh isnt it ม.5 เฉลย tag questions

1. I have consulted multiple sources and found that 'it isn't' and 'it's not' have little to no semantic difference. If they are pretty much equivalent then for what reason is -

   It's not like we didn't try our best

preferred to:

It isn't like we didn't try our best

If they are both correct grammatically why is the first construction much more common and even sound more natural. Is it a matter of placement of emphasis?

1. It is stated in a grammar article that tag question should be in the opposite form to the main question. However, in a case of two negatives yielding a positive like the example above, should the tag question be negation or positive?

   1. It's not like we didn't know what to do, is it?

or

1. It's not like we didn't know what to do, isn't it?

Which one obeys the rule, 1 or 2?

Many thanks in advance.

asked Mar 3, 2017 at 13:41

2

1)

The sentences are the same. In fact, the emphasis doesn't make a difference in meaning at all as far as I can tell. The first may sound better simply due to how the sentence flows (I'm not a poet, perhaps someone else can explain better). It could also be due to the fact that it's a more common construction, and thus sounds more "normal".

2)

The tag question has opposite polarity of the main clause, as someone else said. The first sentence is correct.

answered Mar 3, 2017 at 15:11

Peyton BPeyton B

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Both contractions are correct!

It is not (formal) ✅ It's not ✅

• It isn't ✅

Reference:

• The New Cambridge English Course-2 (p. 79)
• Cambridge English Prepare! Level 2 Student's Book p.144
• BBC learning English.

Explanation:

All are contractions forms of "It is not". but, while "it's not" has two syllables, "it isn't" has 3 syllables, which makes it a little bit less easy to use, but still people use it widely.

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The verb ‘to be’, Questions Words, The Indefinite Article ‘A/An’, The Definite Article ‘the’, Plurals, This/These — That/Those, Pronouns, Possessive Case, There is/There are — Some/Any, Prepositions of place, time, movement, The verb ‘have got’

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Present Simple

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Adverbs of Frequency

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Exploring Grammar

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Revision

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Module 2

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Present Continuous

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Present Simple vs Present Continuous

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Exploring Grammar

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Revision

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Module 3

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Past Simple

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Used to

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Exploring Grammar

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Module 4

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Past Continuous

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Past Continuous vs Past Simple

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Exploring Grammar

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Revision

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Module 5

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Will

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Conditionals — Types 0, I

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Question Tags

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Exploring Grammar

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Revision

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