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Old 21-May-2003, 17:19
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Default Re: Aren't I?

I disagree that they are both correct. I do not wish to be dogmatic about it, but I would not want to hear anybody say, "I am happy, aren't I?" Yuk! :(

It would make me unhappy to hear "I am happy, aren't I?" :(

(Why anybody would ask somebody else if they are happy or not is perhaps another question.) It does seem an unlikely sentence tag in any case. More probable would be: "You are happy, aren't you?"

What does everybody think? Are you happy with that? :)

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