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Frage: | Natives to the fore: There is one "as" to many, isn't it? | |
XYZ is committed to detailed and accurate production – this type of hidden perfection is the reason why we remain as the global number one supplier of whatever systems. |
Antwort: | #660802 | |
Yes. We remain the... |
Antwort: | There is ..., isn't there? | #660803 |
Also ... is the reason we remain ... Although it's not wrong, the why is not necessary and I think it sounds much better without it. http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/reason?region=us&q=rea... (down at the bottom). |
Chat: | Thank you. | #660804 |
By the way. Once I said, "it is, isn't?" in a conversation, I was laughed at and called a pansy. Regardless of that being true or not, don't men say that? |
Antwort: | It is, isn't it? or That is a giraffe in that car, isn't it? and variations are all perfectly normal for both men and women, in my experience. | #660805 |
Perhaps it was something to do with the rest of the sentence and the way it all connected together. Or possibly the others felt that showing doubt is somehow not masculine. |
Antwort: | #660806 | |
I wasn't aware that men didn't say that - although I've heard reports that men use fewer tag questions than women (i.e. women use more of the ones they don't really mean, that are just aimed at keeping the other party engaged in the conversation). Non-camp men generally seem to avoid the words "fabulous", "lovely" and "wonderful", but I couldn't tell you if there are other words they avoid. They also seem to avoid pronouncing the letter S in certain ways (particularly lisping), so maybe unintentionally you fell foul of some sort of concept of appropriate pronounciation. There are also certain sections of society where the only acceptable tag question is "innit?".(They're quite similar to the people who speak Kiezdeutsch). |
Antwort: | It was something like, "This cake is really nice." - "It is, isn't it?" | #660807 |
Antwort: | I think the trend in situations like that is just to say Yes, it is, (or just Mmm because you've got a mouthful of cake). | #660815 |
So perhaps it sounded old fashioned. I would probably use the question tag, but I'm quite old fashioned in lots of ways ;-)) |
Antwort: | #660822 | |
I agree with Joanne. There's nothing wrong with saying "It is, isn't it" there, but it does sound a bit like something out of Miss Marple (the over 70s would probably have been delighted with that statement and called you a lovely polite young man - unlucky you weren't with an older age group at the time (I have a whole raft of phrases that get me called a lovely polite young lady, and a promise from an octagenarian that I'll still be "young Laura" to him however old I get)). |
Antwort: | #660850 | |
'It is, isn't it?' expresses not only agreement on the topic, but also identification with the other person's feelings. It is thus positive and supportive, but does not advance the conversation at all. Some people may feel the supportiveness is too effusive, and the lack of movement too passive. It can also be used as a means of pressing a reluctant person to agree with something obviously or allegedly true. 'This is what you removed from the premises. It is, isn't it?' |
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