Speaker 1: Hey there, it's Michael here and welcome back to another
Happy English Saturday. Short your quick tip for speaking English
better Today, let's look at negative questions. In English, we
often use a negative question like isn't this or aren't
you in conversation. Technically, these are not questions for asking something.
They are a casual and friendly way to confirm something
or make a suggestion. For example, if you and your
friend are at the pier on a sunny day, you
might say, isn't this a perfect day for fishing? You're
not really asking for information, You're confirming what you already think,
or aren't these donuts delicious? Or if you're making a suggestion,
you can use the same pattern, like it's almost five o'clock,
isn't it better to take the subway? Here you're giving
your suggestion in the form of a question. Here's another one.
The exam is a week away, shouldn't you start studying?
So remember, negative questions like this are great for confirming
ideas or suggesting something in a very natural conversational way.
Isn't that interesting? So aren't you gonna try to use
this kind of English in your conversations this week? Oh
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