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1.
当陈述部分的主语是
I
,
而句子又用来征询对方的意见时,
附加疑问句中的主语用
you
。
如:
I find English very interesting, don’t
you?
I don’t like that film,
do you?
2.
当陈述部分的主
语是
everybody, everyone, someone, nobody,
no one, somebody
等合成
代词时,附加疑问句
中的主语通常用
they
。但亦可用
h
e
,尤其是
nobody, no one
等作主语,
具有否定概念时。如:
Somebody phoned while I was out, didn’t
they?
Everyone enjoyed the
party, didn’t they?
Nobody
wants to go there, does he?
3.
当陈述部分的主语是不定代词
everything,
nothing, anything,
something
时,附加
疑问<
/p>
句中的主语一般用
it
,不用
they
。如:
Everything seems all right now, doesn’t
it?
Nothing is kept in good
order, is it?
Something must
be done to stop pollution, isn’t it?
p>
4.
当陈述部分的主语是指示代词
this
, that
或
these, those
时,
附加疑问句中的主语分别用
it
和
they
。如:
This is important, isn’t it?
That isn’t correc
t, is
it?
These are your friends
Tom and Jack, aren’t they?
5
.
如果陈述部分是以代词
one
作主语
,附加疑问句中的主语在正式场合用
one
,非正式
场合用
you,
在美国英语中,在非正式场合还可
以用
he
。如:
One can’t be too careful, can
one?
或
can you?
One should do his duty, shouldn’t
he?
6.
如果陈述部分用
I’m…
结构,附加疑问部分一般用
aren’
t I
。如:
I am
s
trong and healthy aren’t
I
。
7.
当陈述句为
there be
p>
结构时,附加疑问句中的主语也用
there
。如:
There’s no help for it,
is there?
There’s something
wrong, isn’t there?
8.
陈述部分带有
seldom,
hardly, never, rarely, few, little,nowhere, nothin
g
等否定词或半否
定词时,附加疑问部分的动词用肯定形式。如
:
Bob rarely got drunk, did
he?
Few people know him, do
they?
She seldom goes to the
cinema, does she?
如果陈述部分的否定词
带有否定前缀,
那么,
该陈述部分作肯定处理,
附加疑问部分一
般仍用否定形式。如:
He was unsuccessful, wasn’t
he?