Linda read a novel which is written in English, 　　　? 　 (A) does she　(B) doesn't she　(C) did she　(D) didn't she   The answer is "(c) did she", but why is it (c) and not "(D) didn't she"?   These aren't your dictionaries, 　　　? 　(A) are these　(B) aren't these　(C) are they　(D) aren't they   The answer is "(C) are they", why is it not "(A) are these"?
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We always use a positive tag question after a negative sentence:  You shouldn't take this medicine, should you?  We use a negative tag question after a positive sentence:  She must leave early, mustn't she?  But when there is a negating prefix on the adjective (impatient vs. patient) after the verb &quot;to be&quot;, then the sentence is negative in meaning. Does this mean the tag should be positive? Which is correct, A or B?  A: I am impatient, am I? B: I am impatient, aren't I? A: The class was dismissed, was it? B: The class was dismissed, wasn't it?
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Our textbook says,     A: "I have to go shopping this afternoon."   B: "Don't forget the bread."   A: "No, I won't."   About the last sentence, why can't you say "No, I don't."?  i.e. Why is "No, I don't." not acceptable in this case:
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Occasionally I see constructs like this in English sentences:        Not only is this true in this case, but ...      What puzzles me is the "is this" part of it. The sentence is not a question, yet it seems to have a question-like order. Isn't this correct/preferred:        Not only this is true in this case, but ...      Are there other cases where non-question sentences contain question-like parts (so to speak)?
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The sentence     Women driving cars is, of course, such a foreign sight to a society like   Saudi Arabia   The subject is not "women" (otherwise, the verb would have been 'are'); the subject, as I mean to use it, is the rarity of seeing women driving cars. The subject, in other words, is "women driving cars" as a thing. Does this give me licence to use 'is' here? Thank you.
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• She has a child  Questions for the above example:     Does she have a child? (This could be the common question for the above sentence as far as I know)   My question is,   Is it possible to make a question with "Has she" for the above sentence? like Has she........? )  If both are wrong, please help me with some examples.  Please help. Thanks in advance.
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I got this quiz:     The carpenter repaired __ .      (A) the table's legs      (B) table's legs      (C) legs of the table      (D) the legs of the table   ...which says the right answer is D. But I think A is also acceptable.  What do you think? Thanks.  Related but not a duplicate:   If I add an option E: the table legs, is E also acceptable?
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1) "The book 'The Three Musketeers' is a wonderful example of..." Here we have a proper noun, a title that happens to end in a plural, and I have no sense that the verb should be plural. "Musketeers"/is seems proper/natural/correct, and 'are' not at all.   However, such certainty begins to wane in other examples: 2) "'The Heidi Chronicles' is a wonderful example of..." doesn't completely shake my confidence, but it moves the needle, at least a little bit. But, practically speaking, I wouldn't have a second thought about correcting a student who used 'are' instead of 'is'.  Here's the one that really bothers me: 3a) " 'The Basement Tapes' are a wonderful example of..." I don't think this sounds any less proper/natural/correct than 3b) " 'The Basement Tapes' is..." In fact, 3a seems less awkward than 3b.  Why?
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I want to write that I have handful of somethings.  Which of these is the correct form?   There is a handful of somethings. There are a handful of somethings.   Are both correct?
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Help my sister peel oranges. Help my sister to peel oranges. Help my sister peeling oranges.  Help my sister with peeling oranges.   Which of the above is/are correct, and why are the others incorrect?
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The first and second chapters are....   Or      The first and the second chapters are...   Which is the correct usage? Is it correct to use the for both the phrases or not?? Please explain to me.
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She has five kids. I can imagine how busy she would be.   Is the use of would be right in this sentence? What about      She has five kids. I can imagine how busy she is.   Are both correct? Do they mean different things?
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I'm reading a book, and I found a sentence where I don't understand the grammar. It seems as the writer wants to write a statement, but uses the structure of a question. The sentence is highlighted in the following paragraph:     In the first ten paragraphs, he touted his engineering skills, including his ability to design bridges, waterways, cannons, armored vehicles, and public buildings. Only in the eleventh paragraph, at the end, did he add that he was also an artist. "Likewise in painting, I can do everything possible," he wrote.      Isaacson, Walter. (2017) Leonardo da Vinci.   Shouldn't that sentence start with "he added" instead of "did he add" since it's not a question? If it's correct, is it something people usually use when they speak, or is it more like something you would find in books?
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Take the question:      Did you not go to the store?   If I did not go to the store, should I then say yes? Or no?  If I did go to the the store, would my answer then have to be yes or no?  For me I would think that if I did you go to the store, then the answer to the question would be 'yes'.
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Is one of these correct two versions and the other incorrect, or are they both correct?   Those on the bottom had neither the ability nor the opportunity to get to the top. Those on the bottom did not have the ability nor the opportunity to get to the top.   Are they both grammatically correct, or can you never use nor without having neither next to it?  Is “not this nor that” a grammatical construction in English, or must it only ever be “neither this nor that” or else “not this or that”?   When can you use nor?
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The complete sentence is:     Two hours should be enough time for passengers to travel from Taipei to Kaohsiung by high speed rail, isn't it?   Is it grammatically correct to use "isn't it" in the above sentence? If not, how would you revise it?
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if someone asks me or if there is a question in exams like "who is the author of Xxx book?" Should I answer in the past or present tense,like "Yyy is/was the author of Xxx book". I know the author is not alive.
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I had a Grammar homework and I was asked to fill in the gap of the following sentence :   My father ... subscribe to the Newsweek.   I had been given four options and only one of them fits in with the sentence, they are as follows :   A- Said to me  B- Suggested that I   C- Suggests me to   D- Encouraged me  I had chosen the answer "C" but I discovered later that the teacher considered it as incorrect, and that "B" is the appropriate answer, which made me so confused. Could you please explain to me why ?