Wasn't one?
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English
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Tag
wasn't/weren't one?
was/were one not?
- Request for confirmation that converts into a question an affirmative sentence with a be verb or in past progressive tense. Expects agreement in a "yes" answer.
- âGrandpa was doing well before the fall, wasn't he?â
- âThe fireworks were so beautiful this year, weren't they?â
- âWe were truly in love, were we not?â
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Usage notes
As a tag, always used with an object pronoun substituting for the subject. Tense and person distinguish among the be forms: is, am, are, was, and were. When immediately followed by "not", the contraction is used.
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Antonyms
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Derived terms
- was he not?
- was I not?
- was it not?
- wasn't he?
- wasn't I?
- wasn't it?
- wasn't she?
- was she not?
- weren't they?
- weren't we?
- weren't y'all?
- weren't you?
- were they not?
- were we not?
- were you not?
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Related terms
- can one?
- can one not?
- can't one?
- couldn't one?
- could one?
- could one not?
- didn't one?
- did one?
- did one not?
- doesn't one?
- does one?
- does one not?
- hadn't one?
- had one?
- had one not?
- hasn't one?
- has one?
- has one not?
- isn't one?
- is one?
- is one not?
- mustn't one?
- must one?
- must you not?
- shouldn't one?
- should one?
- should one not?
- will one?
- will one not?
- won't one?
- wouldn't one?
- would one?
- would one not?