Glossary term T

Tag Statement

A tag statement is an elliptical statement that follows and echoes a main clause statement.

In English, a subject noun or pronoun followed or preceded by an auxiliary verb as in the following example is a tag statement:

  • He made a good showing, did Bill.
  1. Crystal 1985, 304
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