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| I am writing to ask a question about tag question. Soccer is a really exciting game, isn't it? Soccer isn't a very exciting game, is it? Will these two sentences makes any difference? If I say the tag question with rising intonation or with falling intonation will the meaning make any difference? Thanks:) |
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| They mean the opposite of each other. With rising intonation,I am asking a genuine question. If the intonation is faltter, I'm just checking. If intonation actually falls, it can mean disbelief: Football's an interesting game, is it? Here, and not that the two verbs are the same, I would use falling intonation as a way of showing that I don't like football. |
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