"..., are you?" - in which cases can I use this ending
A couple of weeks ago I discovered to have a problem with this, allegedly simple thing. Which is why, I'd like to ask for your help.

1. Could you guys give me a good example of sentences, ending with

"...., are you?"

2. Are the following sentences 100 % correct?

a) You are not trying at all, are you?
b) You're not even trying any more, are you?
c) You are trying hard, aren't you?

Thanks to all of you for taking your time

Question

"..., are you?" - in which cases can I use this ending
A couple of weeks ago I discovered to have a problem with this, allegedly simple thing. Which is why, I'd like to ask for your help.

1. Could you guys give me a good example of sentences, ending with

"...., are you?"

2. Are the following sentences 100 % correct?

a) You are not trying at all, are you?
b) You're not even trying any more, are you?
c) You are trying hard, aren't you?

Thanks to all of you for taking your time

Answer

a) You are not trying at all, are you? is correct.

here is another example

you are not going to eat all that, are you?

Answer

It's not just 'you either' - is/isn't it, are/aren't they, are/aren't we ... any of the pronouns, and present past future tense, and also different verbs, not just 'to be'. In my experience many speakers of Asian languages have particular problems with these repetitive forms, and boil them all down to 'isn't it'.  So you find it confusing, do you?

Answer

b & c are also ok.

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