Apr 17, 2015 · Each of these sentences - "It looks like there isn't a free cam, is there?" and "There is no free cam, is there?" are grammatically correct. You don't follow one negation with another. What you …

May 18, 2012 · I tend to think "it isn't" sounds a little more formal than "it's not", which sounds a bit more colloquial. I don't really have any solid reason for that though, it just sounds/feels that way to me.

May 22, 2016 · Good question. I suspect it's mostly idiomatic with no hard and fast rules, but your first example seems exceedingly rare. I can't think of any other cases where the is and not are split …

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Dec 31, 2012 · Using isn't it? as a general-purpose tag question seems quite common in Asian/Indian English. Standard English makes the verb in the tag match the main verb: "You didn't wait, did you?" …

Jul 11, 2020 · How would you punctuate the phrase It's a beautiful day, isn't it? Would you use a question mark or period at the end? My intent is to make it rhetorical. The full example is: She woke …

Firstly, have a look at this (source): Now, if you were to make contractions in these line, you would write: Is not she a fine creature? = Isn't she a fine creature? Has not she parts? = Hasn't she parts? Is not …

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