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Imperative + question tag
After an imperative we can use these tags: will you? won't you? would you? can you? can't you? could you? a We can use a positive tag after a positive imperative. Teacher: Get out your books, will/would/can/could you? The meaning is the same as Will you get out your books? but the pattern with the tag is more informal. A negative tag expresses greater feeling. Doctor: Keep still, won't/can't you? This suggests that the doctor is especially anxious that the patient should keep still, or annoyed because the patient cannot keep still. b In warnings, reminders and good wishes, the tag is won't you? after a positive imperative and will you? after a negative. Have a nice holiday, won't you? Don't forget your key, will you? In offers and invitations the tag is will you? or won't you? Have a chocolate, will/won't you? These tags make the sentences more emphatic. |
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