[Grammar] Your motorbike has broken down, has it?

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Son Ho

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Do the sentence 2 and 3 have the same meaning as the first one? Could you please check them?


  1. Your motorbike has broken down, hasn't it?
  2. Your motorbike hasn't started, has it?
  3. Your motorbike isn't working, is it?
 
In what context do you want to use these sentences, Son Ho?
 
Son Ho, no they don't mean the same thing, but if you could describe the context in which you want to use them, we might be able to give you a more useful answer.

For example,

A man walks into a motorbike repair shop, ....
Finish that.
 
How serious is the problem with the motorbike?
 
Do [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] sentences 2 and 3 have the same meaning as the first one? Could you please check them?


  1. Your motorbike has broken down, hasn't it?
  2. Your motorbike hasn't started, has it?
  3. Your motorbike isn't working, is it?

Note my correction above. We use the article before "first/second sentences", but not before "sentence + number".

Is there a reason why the question in your title doesn't appear anywhere else in your post?
 
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