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English is incorporating a full-fledged tag question based on 'yes'.
Drawn from what Gretchen McCulloch said
What Gretchen McCulloch actually said
- Gretchen McCulloch Internet linguist; wrote Because Internet
So with y/y, English is kind of sneaking in the back door and letting in a full-fledged tag question based on yes.
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