He has a car, hasn't he?

WORD OF THE DAY:
Prevaricate:

• verb used without object
• to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.
  Ex: He can prevaricate no longer.

GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT:

Incorrect: He has a car, hasn't he?
Correct: He has a car, doesn't he?

GRAMMAR: Take a look at the following sentences. She is beautiful, isn't she? The students can go home, can't they? They do want to help, don't they? He has walked three miles, hasn't he? In all the examples, the question tag makes use of 'be' verb, or a helping verb like 'can', 'do', 'has', etc.
However, the sentence "He has a car, hasn't he?" 'has' is the main verb, and the sentence doesn't contain a helping verb. When 'has' is the main verb, you cannot make use of it in the questag tag; you have to make use of some of the verb 'do'.
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inveigle, he spends most of his time just on

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WORD OF THE DAY:

inveigle:to lead on with deception; to entice

Mr Bond's intention has been to inveigle the beautiful and sexy Bond girls in the movies.

GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT:

Incorrect: Since he retired, he spends most of his time just on relaxing and enjoying himself.

Correct: Since he retired, he spends most of his time just relaxing and enjoying himself.

GRAMMAR: We spend a period of time doing something [without on]: He spends all his free time reading.

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I suppose you don't know her address!

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WORD OF THE DAY:

remonstrate:
intransitive verb:
1. To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of proceedings -- usually used with 'with'.

transitive verb:
1. To say or plead in protest, opposition, or reproof.

On the issue whether peace is a distant dream, a student from the local college remonstrated with many historical facts that peace is indeed a distant dream which cannot be fulfilled.

GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT:

Incorrect: I suppose you don't know her address?

Correct: I don't suppose you know her address?

GRAMMAR: Verbs of thinking and feeling [e.g. think, suppose, feel] are often followed by a that - clause. Instead of making the verb in the that - clause negative, we normally make think, suppose, etc., negative.

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