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question tag

 noun
     
question tag [countable]
technicalSLG a phrase such as 'isn't it?', 'won't it?', or 'does she?' that you add to the end of a statement to make it a question or to check that someone agrees with you, as in the sentence: 'You're from Hamburg, aren't you?'
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A ABC alpha alphabet alphabetical asterisk B beta brace bracket(n) bracket(v) C capital(n) capital(a) capitalize clause colon comma Cyrillic D dash delta ditto E F G gamma Gothic grave H I IPA J K L letter M N O oblique omega P period punctuation Q question mark R rune S script slash small star T U V W X Y Z

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