7.1 Exercises

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I

Select all the texts of Brown in WordSmith and search for isn’t it.

  1. How many results do you get?
  2. In how many of the sentences is isn’t it used as a question tag and in which ones?
  3. What is special about sentence 10 compared to the other sentences?


II

Search for does it in part K “General fiction” of LOB.

  1. Which of the results contain does it in the function of a question tag?
  2. What can you say about the polarity of the sentences in which the question tag does it is contained?

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