2012年5月18日 · I tend to think "it isn't" sounds a little more formal than "it's not", which sounds a bit more colloquial. I don't really have any solid reason for that though, it just sounds/feels that …

According, to this usage, you would simply write isn't she as is not she, hasn't she as has not she, and so on. But nowadays, we use statements like: Is she not a fine creature? Has she not …

2016年5月22日 · Isn't this great> is this not great? Note the form with *"Isn't it" no longer a simple contraction of the fuller form (which must be "is he not", and not * is not he.) Similar is the case …

2012年12月31日 · Using isn't it? as a general-purpose tag question seems quite common in Asian/Indian English. Standard English makes the verb in the tag match the main verb: "You …

2019年8月17日 · If it isn't Jack Smith, I will be surprised. But a better explanation is that the omission consists of what the Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language (p444) calls …

2014年10月11日 · For #2, I hope the intended answer is "I hope the cake isn't burnt". If the cake were still being baked, two acceptable answers would be "I hope the cake won't burn" or "I …

2015年5月7日 · "Isn't" is a contraction of "is not". "Ain't" is a vernacular expression of "isn't", and although it carries the equivalent meaning, it is not part of Standard English. Share

2014年8月12日 · That much effort isn't quite necessary, isn't always the case, nor is it always possible to parse this way. The it is supposed to refer back to a "fact," but even that's not …

He's dead, isn't he? (with rising intonation) The second example makes it sound like the speaker is unsure (e.g. if asking about an elderly actor), or perhaps makes the speaker sound worried …

2015年8月6日 · "If the evidence changed… isn't that me, who’s dead?" You similarly would say, "were you talking about me?" rather than "were you talking about I?". I don't know an official …