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Question tags
Let's go, shall we?
The "shall we" tag is not very common in everyday speech, is it?
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No, it isn't, is it?
:wink:
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Question Tags

Originally Posted by
RonBee No, it isn't, is it?
:wink:
To the best of your knowledge, is it common both in BE and AE? Incidentally, I feel quite comfortable with it. :D
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It's common enough in British English. We use 'shall' quite a lot in questions.
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How about this one:
We shall talk, shan't we?
I heard the tag occasionally a couple of years ago. Is it common these days, in your experience?
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Definitely. What we don't use so much nowadays is the ordinary declarative 'I shall go', though it is used by many in more formal contexts.
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Thank you. You're so helpful. :D
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Re: Question Tags

Originally Posted by
petertsui 
Originally Posted by
RonBee No, it isn't, is it?
:wink:
To the best of your knowledge, is it common both in BE and AE? Incidentally, I feel quite comfortable with it. :D
I don't hear "shall" very much. It isn't used much in AE except in some fixed expressions such as Shall we dance? (Apparently, it is fairly common in BE.)
:)
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If I've asked an American a question with 'shall',they seem to answer with 'should'.
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Originally Posted by
tdol If I've asked an American a question with 'shall',they seem to answer with 'should'.

- A: Shall we go?
B: We should.
Eh?
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