Paultx  +  960766 Tue, 03 Nov 09 03:34 PM Thankfully, those dinosaur days of multimedia are long gone. Or are they?   Wouldn't it more correct to say:   Thankfully, those dinosaur days of multimedia are long gone. Or aren't they?     Paultx Joined on Tue, Dec 13 2005 Junior Member 55 Correct me if I'm wrong. Pobody is nerfect.

	Grammar Geek  +  960768 Tue, 03 Nov 09 03:40 PM Hi Paultx,   The original is correct. The meaning is "They are gone. Hmm. Wait. Le'ts think about this. Are they really gone?"   You're confusing it (I think) with a tag question: Those days are gone, aren't they?   A tag question expects agreement. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 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!