Anonymous  +  321447 Mon, 29 Jan 07 01:54 PM is john driving? isn't john driving? is john not driving? do they all have the same meaning? Anonymous

	Grammar Geek  +  321462 Mon, 29 Jan 07 02:33 PM is john driving? A simple question. isn't john driving? You had expected John to be the driver (or perhaps for John to drive instead of taking the train). Now you have received information that makes you think not. You are asking for confirmation of your first though. is john not driving? A far less common way to express the second question. PS - Please remember that sentences start with a capital letter and so do proper nouns. 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! Capital Letters, Nouns