Arent those all independent things?Report, You thised a comment claiming that I had to remember (and presumably criticize) the GB protesters in order to have any claims to political superiority. OK, that seems easy. tag question interrogative tag question ? I didnt mean them to. Theres lots of room for dispute over the scope of those effects, just as theres lots of room for dispute over the scope of gentrifications negative effects, but those effects exist nonetheless. I was using what you wrote more as an example to demonstrate a point than to criticize anything you specifically wrote. Thats a horrifying prospect for every mom in the country. could it be that the real reason for the protest is that the protesters hate nerds? A tag question is a special construction in English. Some of us, at least, are talking about inequality and evictions in San Francisco. I dont like the young swaggering males who laugh at me and get in my face. And we mock them without, in the vast majority of cases, suggesting any other course of action.Report. Regardless, the problems that they are upset about are real. Among other things, how a proposed name for Colorado ended up the name of another state. Just so Im clear on where Im supposed to stand. I gotta say, Chris, that sounds an awful lot like Brandons The idea that its appropriate to protest a company for paying its employees enough to outbid you on an apartment you wanted, It seems pretty stupid to me that theyre throwing rocks at Google instead of at City Hall where the construction rules are written, or perhaps at their own selves for (Id be willing to wager, having lived there) opposing more construction.Report. ), http://www.morganlewis.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/publication.detail/publicationID/3989632d-51ed-4da3-bed0-31703588790eReport, That may be true on the SSM issue, but theres plenty of other issues where its not true immigrant labor really is cheaper, ending employment discrimination against women and minorities increases labor supply, and affirmative action programs really do have the effect of limiting educational opportunities for lower class whites. / . Rafikan Grammar School. Visit him atTodKelly.com. They are often used for checking information that we think we know is true. If the main part is negative, we usually add a positive question tag. Failing to provide reliable care instructions and warnings for the useful life of an item is a violation of the FTC Act. Gentrification is what happens when White Flight has successfully ruined a community. Gentrification, loss of what made SF a great community, growing income inequality, a failure of the upper middle class to try to integrate and live with lower classes, etc. After that, we give you the Greatest Health Care Company Names of All-Time followed by an expert article on How to Write a Catchy Slogan that Brings in More Customers. This site is using cookies under cookie policy . May I have your clariufication? She knows you, doesn't she? Jane thinks that he will pass the exam, won't she? White people return to the cities in the aughts and the 10s and are still blamed for everything.Report, @shazbot3 I think the more apt analogy would be to Tea Party protesters who openly carried their AR-15s to Tea Party protests.Report. Tag questions are made using an auxiliary verb (for example: be or have) and a subject pronoun (for example: I, you, she ). Ive been hit on by gay men. You can just say Google buses! and, because it seems silly that there even are Google buses, much less that someones protesting them, youve automatically undermined any comment on, say, state-level politicians in several states trying to pass laws to legalize discrimination against gays in a variety of contexts. They overestimated demand, meaning brand new waterfront high rises were half empty. That is the guy who is proposing a federally mandated ban on gay players in the NFL. Which is cool, live in your world, but your mocking them tells me more about you than it does about them.Report, Stillwater: I actually really liked living there. The idea that its appropriate to protest a company for paying its employees enough to outbid you on an apartment you wanted reeks of entitlement. That doesnt make it irrational. I said it directly in response to a comment of yours, one which you responded to, so you know where I stood on that issue. It is a statement followed by a mini-question. Im engaging in a thread with Hanley right now where he specifically accused me of just that. Language: English Subject: English as a Second Language (ESL) Order results: English. It is a misplaced protest against growing social inequality and gentrification and all that. a. But they neednt hold any developed views about advanced economic models and effective political strategies in order to feel that something is at stake when wealthy people buy up housing and drive up the cost of living in the areas where they live. Just a free speech thing. Alsotoo, I actually have criticized the GBus protestors for some the practices they engaged in (which is apparently necessary for me to maintain the high ground Im not interested in defending). Even if a dressing room is open, you can still get dressed with minimal exposure. international reference international link Formal way who cares regular question tag informally Who cares, right? Who cares, you know? formal informal , ? 1. I am of a mixed mind on it, in part because no two gentrifications are identical. Do I have to criticize them to make my more subtle above the fray argument go thru? So, I put it to you that the answer to the question of who cares that Michael Sam and Jason Collins came out is: a hell of a lot more people than you think. Conservative tears the skin off of gay person for believing in the wrong God. They live in San Francisco, aren't they? It might make for a fun comparison to the gentrified ones, if we can look at one of those.Report. He is aregular inactivefor Marie Claire Internationaland the Daily Beast, and is currently writing a book on the sudden rise of exorcisms in the United States. Not.Report. Every one I have ever seen still has one shower head per person. the problems that they are upset about are real. You may disagree, but so far only James has challenged the reasons weve given for seeing their behavior as reasonable (except the violence). @kazzy The Google bus protests might be mistaken, nonetheless, but protesting upper middle class behavior that worsens inequality is fair game. For ESL learners. Follow Tod onTwitter, view hisarchive, oremail him. Question tags are more common in speaking than writing. Definition: Tag means something small that is added on or attached after a sentence. I dont like the blue collar bar I have to walk by on my way to one of the nice neighborhoods, because I get harassed. They could quit, they could not shower in the locker room, they could establish a separate shower for homophobesReport, If God didnt want straight men showering together, he wouldnt have invented football.Report, Obligatory Rev. Apologies. Yeah, fish those guys.Report. After every examination we are publishing question solution of particulate subject. Blaming problems like gentrification, rising housing prices in SF, loss of community in SF, etc. Reason, evidence, and argument has convinced you that current and rising inequality is a social problem in need of a solution. Doesnt mean i agree or dont think they are wrong. In this grammar lesson, you will learn about tag questions, which many intermediate and advanced English students struggle with. This really alarmed me, too; I feared I was so subsuming my liberal stripes to do my job without bias that everyone saw an elephant.)Report. Adding a question mark sort of ruins the response especially in writing because it sets up an expectation (or subtle tension) of further response. Either you why your analogy is inapt or you dont, but I dont care enough to litigate it any further.Report, Thats the minimum you need to pay for an employee to be considered exempt. Well, add to their arguments this bit of news: Washington lobbyist Jack Burkman on Monday said he is preparing legislation that would ban gay athletes from joining the National Football League, We are losing our decency as a nation, Burkman said in a statement. But I suspect you were going there no matter what we said. who cares tag question ? Imagine your son being forced to shower with a gay man. Mike Schilling gets the prize for being by the closest to the target. To turn the statement into a question, put a comma, then add the question tag. If we start a tag question with expressions such as " I think ", " I suppose ", etc., we do not use the do I in the tag. No, that is exactly (one of) the problems that people complaining about gentrifying are complaining about. Honestly, I see that way of looking at things as morally abominable, but I suspect youd see my way of looking at it as equally so. Nobody lives here, do they? these people are no different than working class whites who want to stop blacks from moving into to their neighborhood, both groups think they own the place and want to keep out people will change it in any way.Report. Sorry to be nitpicky, but you appear to be engaged in some form of fallacious hippy punching ad hominem. You thised a comment claiming that I had to remember (and presumably criticize) the GB protesters in order to have any claims to political superiority. As bipartisan support grows for severe sanctions on Russia over its deployment of troops into Ukraine with some lawmakers drawing comparisons to Germany's aggression in pre-World War II Europe . Is the claim that they should? The correlation (i.e. at the White Eagle Hotel & Saloon. The meaning of TAG QUESTION is a question (such as isn't it in 'it's fine, isn't it?') added to a statement or command (as to gain the assent of or challenge the person addressed); also : a sentence ending in a tag question. Theres nothing silly about that. Are you now the spokesman for us straight guys? (And you should quote him directly, because given the context, saying the 1% are the problem might be true. That tells me that their notion of rising inequality and mine are extraordinarily different, and indeed directly at odds. Indeed, theyre so far at odds that I have real trouble distinguishing between their protests and people who complain about birthright citizenship. We should not do a both sides do it and give one example of something reasonable and morally tolerable (even if I disagree with it) from one side and something unreasonable and morally reprehensible from the other side.Report. Having to live in a world where two men can get married, much less so.Report, @mark-thompson (man, Im actually remembering to use the @s!). A question tag is something which can turn a statement into a question. You think he will pass the exam, don't you? Inevitability and when anger and frustration reach a certain point, it is all but inevitable doesnt mean its not bad, and that there shouldnt be consequences.Report. From my perspective, Im someone who, thanks to the work of folks like Stillwater, has become persuaded that rising inequality is a legitimate issue. Take care, won't you? 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