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Record 1 1989-12-30

English

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DEF

a word or phrase acting as an interrogative increment to a question. For example, the tag "isn't it" in "it's fine, isn't it".

French

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OBS

"N'est-ce pas", locution adverbiale interrogative, est suivi d'un point d'interrogation en fin de phrase [p. ex.] : "Vous viendrez, n'est-ce pas?" Mais non dans le corps de la phrase [p. ex.] : "Vous le verrez, n'est-ce pas, la semaine prochaine".

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