9.4.6.3 Markers expecting a negative answer
Use this domain for words indicating that a negative answer is expected to a question.
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(1) What words are used to indicate that a negative answer is expected to a question?
Example words: n't...are you
You are<n't> going, <are you>? (The expected answer in English is, 'No, I'm not going.'); He is<n't> going, <is he>? (No, he's not going.); You're <not> going? (No, I'm not going.); He is<n't> going? (No, he's not going.)