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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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 Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:35 pm Post subject: Grammar question |
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You know how Koreans always must do that "You were...weren't you?"/"You like...don't you?" pattern (forget the name of it).
Here's one that one of my students wrote (not about me).
"I'm sorry for missing your call because my phone was off. Anyway what's up? You must have been missing me, mustn't you?"
I don't think "mustn't" is the appropriate word. What do you think it should be? I just changed it to "weren't," pairing it up with "been." A more obvious answer looks like "haven't," paired up with "have." What do you think?
I hate this sentence style and think it's over-used. Regardless, I'd rather give the student the correct answer rather than bypass the issue. |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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| They are tag questions, and yes, I believe your correction seems more appropriate. |
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