Lcchang  +  254478 Thu, 10 Aug 06 07:08 PM First I'd like to thank all the advisors who helped me with some tag questions the other day. Now I have another sticky one, I guess. You'd better watch out for that, ______ you? Please help. LC Lcchang Joined on Mon, Feb 27 2006 Northern Taiwan Contributing Member 1,078 Life will never end.

	Philip  +  254481 Thu, 10 Aug 06 07:11 PM  Lcchang wrote: First I'd like to thank all the advisors who helped me with some tag questions the other day. Now I have another sticky one, I guess. You'd better watch out for that, ______ you? Please help. LC When I use this construction, I'm thinking of 'had'; so, 'hadn't you', as strange as it may sound, is what I determine to be correct.  Better sounding might be 'shouldn't you', but I don't think it's as appropriate. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,733 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen Constructions

	Goodman  +  254505 Thu, 10 Aug 06 08:35 PM You'd better watch out for that, ______ you? The tone of this sentence is not in a normal tag structure.  When a sentence start with "you'd better", it's formed in an authoritative or advisory tone. I think to make this sentence a tag question, it needs to be changed to something like:   “You would watch it closely, won’t you ?”   Goodman Joined on Mon, Nov 7 2005 Senior Member 3,816 The name says it all!

	YoHf  +  254510 Thu, 10 Aug 06 08:51 PM  Philip wrote: When I use this construction, I'm thinking of 'had'; so, 'hadn't you', as strange as it may sound, is what I determine to be correct.  Better sounding might be 'shouldn't you', but I don't think it's as appropriate. Quite so. I would surely pick hadn't you, or - if I were writing it - had you not. Hadn't you is the correct choice indeed, although shouldn't you / should you not may sound better to one's ears. YoHf Joined on Wed, Oct 26 2005 Senior Member 3,347 Shinichi Okazaki. Constructions

	Grammar Geek  +  254548 Thu, 10 Aug 06 10:04 PM Just in case you wanted one more voice to chime in in agreement, I'd go with "hadn't you" also. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,652 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	YoHf  +  254550 Thu, 10 Aug 06 10:08 PM Hello there, G². It's been ages! Always glad to read your opinion, as long as you agree with me. (kidding) YoHf

	Goodman  +  254585 Thu, 10 Aug 06 11:47 PM Grammatically, I agree "hadn't" is the logical answer. No questions there! But don't you find it odd with the posted context? I don't think I've ever come across someone saying this..... Goodman

	nona the brit  +  254586 Thu, 10 Aug 06 11:48 PM It sounds normal to me. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.