Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Oh you do, do you?

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Sarah: 'I want you to give me some more money.'
Paul: 'Oh you do, do you?'
Sarah: 'You're being very rude!'
Paul: 'Oh I am, am I?'
Sarah: 'I've torn up your homework essay!'
Paul: 'That's nice, isn't it?'
Sarah: 'She hates the sight of him.'
Paul: 'She does, does she?'
Sarah: 'I would prefer to go by air.'
Paul: 'Oh you would, would you?'
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Is Paul an English native speaker, in your opinion?
Kiuhnm

 Is Paul an English native speaker, in your opinion?
Pau has had his homework torn up once too often. Oh you have, have you? 


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There are three main types of question tag:
1 The sarcastic response or one showing surprise or disbelief where both 
are postive as in:
A I've worked really hard today
B You have, have you?
2 The response where you hope that the answer will be no from the speaker:
A I have lost all my money at the casino
B You haven't, have you?
3 The response where you hope the answer will be yes from the speaker:
A I think I locked the door
B You did, didn't you?"
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Kiuhnm

"Kiuhnm" <kiuhnm03_NO@SPAM_yahoo.it> wrote in message
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Paul could be a native speaker.
Oh he is, is he?
Joe from Massachusetts

 B You did, didn't you?"
Penso di sì, Non avro pensato di categorizzare queste risposte, ma la 
spiegazione ha sensa. 

 I forgot to ask what "torn up" means in this contest.
conteXt
Kiuhnm

 spiegazione ha sensa.
Ok.
You should say "la spiegazione ha senso" because "senso" is a noun. But 
you shall say "la spiegazione è sensatA" because "sensato" is an adjective.
When you say "Non avro pensato di ..." do you mean "I wouldn't have 
thought ..."? In that case it's "Non avrei pensato di ...".
Kiuhnm
P.S. If you feel that my corrections are excessive and annoying, tell me 
so whenever you want.

 so whenever you want.
Even when a careless mistake is corrected, I appreciate having it pointed
out.

 could dissent.
They won't. :)
 
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 "other Italians", but I' sure it's just an editing typo.
You're right, of course, to point this out, but 'others Italian' can be 
accepted in written form as poetic usage. 

 concordanza?
Hmm... I'd say "Non avevo pensato di categorizzare queste risposte, ma 
la spiegazione ha senso." ("avro" doesn't exist, and "avrņ" is a future).
Kiuhnm

 "other Italians", but I' sure it's just an editing typo.
I don't know. In a previous post I wrote "others dictionaries".
Kiuhnm

 Biblical flavor?
Right thou are! Ye hearers, take it of worth... :)
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 spiegazione ha senso." ("avro" doesn't exist, and "avrò" is a future).
Wow. Pensavo d'aver scritto 'avevo', anche dopo l'ho guardato la seconda 
volta. Ho bisogna di dormire di più. 

 volta. Ho bisogna** di dormire di piů.
Offro il mio piccolo contributo con la penna rossa:
- * "dopo averlo guardato", oppure (ma meno bene) *dopo che l'ho guardato*
- ** "bisogno"
Ciao :)
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Anna


«4 other and others
When other is used with a noun it has no plural form.
Where are the other photos? (NOT ... the others photoss?)
But used alone, without a noun, it can have a plural form.
I've got one lot of photos. Where are the others?
These are too small. Have you got any others?
Normally, other(s) is only used alone if it refers to a noun that has been
mentioned before. An exception is the common plural use of (the) others to
mean (the) other people.
He never thinks of others. Jake's arrived - I must tell the others.
BUT NOT On the phone, one cannot see the other.  o« He never listens to
another.»
(Swan,"Practical English", 54)
Other's dictionaries, others' dictionaries, and other dictionaries are
possible in various contexts, but never others dictionaries.
Joe from Massachusetts