9.4.6.2 Markers expecting an affirmative answer
Use this domain for words indicating that an affirmative answer is expected to a question.
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(1) What words are used to indicate that an affirmative answer is expected to a question?
Example words: n't
You are going, <aren't you>? (The expected answer in English is, 'Yes, I am going'.); He's going, <isn't he>? (Yes, he is.); Are<n't> you going? (Yes, I am.); Did<n't> he go? (Yes, he did).