How to address the question tag after gotta
we say
you are not a Chinese are you?
you like him don't you?
you must eat this to get cure mustn't you?
but how about gotta?
you gotta go to save her right now, " "
haven't you? don't you?
whadda you think?
once my tutor asked me "you told me youd like to go and have your placement, but I think for this placement you must finish your courses first, mustn't you?"
I think mustn't it's OK just not very common.
and for your answer, shouldn't it have been "you gotta go to save her"? but your sentence was "you gotta go save her" is save a special word just like home? normally we don't put to in front of home.
Really?
But see this sentence "How help her" "I want to go help her" "I would like to have a gun shot him"
I think they should be "How to help her" "I want to go to help her" and "I would like to have gun to shot him"
Am I wrong? If I am wrong it means Iv been wrong all the time.
I always add a to before I use them, except sometimes I have to use ing, like "Stop doing that" "where are you fancy going"
<<It's after 'to go' that you don't use 'to' with another infinitive.>>
I've got to go to study.
I'd just say "I've got to go study."
<you must eat this to get cure mustn't you? >
<I would just say 'right': "You gotta go save her, right?". Also, I don't use "musn't", and I don't think it's very common in North America.>
If you don't use 'mustn't' to form a tag question for a sentence with 'must' what do you use?
You can... can't you
You should ... shouldn't you
you will ....won't you
you shall ....shan't you
'I've got to go to study' sounds awkward to me as well. But instead of saying 'I've got to go study.' I say 'I've got to go and study.'
You must eat this to be cured/get cured.
You must eat this in order to be cured.
<but how about gotta?
you gotta go to save her right now, " "
haven't you? don't you? >
Yes. Even though "have" is ellipted, you still use it (in negative or postive)in the tag.
Cleveland,
You're jacking up the grammar. Just stop producing output right now, and start getting some more input again.
<I disagree. "You gotta go save her right now, haven't you?" Sounds *extremely* awkward to me. I would rather use "don't you".>
To me, that sounds odd. I speak British English.
<I don't really use 'must' in speech; I use 'have to'. "You have to"..."don't you?" >
Do you use "don't you" for every tag situatiion? Why don't you use "haven't you"?
<You're jacking up the grammar. Just stop producing output right now, and start getting some more input again. >
What do you mean?
<You're jacking up the grammar. Just stop producing output right now, and start getting some more input again. >
He's the Grammar Nazi.