You might be wrong...

[shane]

I was just asked about this sentence:

"You might be wrong, mightn't you?"

I'm pretty sure I've heard some people use this kind of phrase before, but I'm not 100% sure.

Can anyone enlighten me on what might be gramattically correct for this?

 

[Tdol]

It's perfectly correct, but we don't often use that contraction because it isn't easy to say. It's a basic tag question, where the tag is the opposite of the main verb. HTH ;-)

 

[shane]

Great. Thanks a lot, Tdol

 

[Tdol]

It's like 'oughtn't'- not much used because it's hard work to say it. You don't hear 'mayn't' much either, although that's not difficult. ;-)

 

[shane]

It's like 'oughtn't'- not much used because it's hard work to say it. You don't hear 'mayn't' much either, although that's not difficult. ;-)

I have to admit, I've never heard "mayn't" - is it a real word??!

 

[Tdol]

Potantially, but you rarely, if ever, hear it. ;-)

 

[wpqin]

Potantially, but you rarely, if ever, hear it. ;-)

Potentially :lol:

 

[Tdol]

I'm a terrible typists. ;-)