Лекция: The usage of The Glide-Up
· We use the Glide-Down for statements which are complete and definite:
|| It was quite good ||
|| I liked it very much ||
|| I wouldn’t mind seeing it a gain ||
· We use the Glide –Down in wh-questions if we want the question to sound more business-like and interested in the subject, and also for one-word questions (unless they are repetition-questions):
|| Why did you change your mind? ||
|| Who on earth was that? ||
|| Which? ||
· We use the Glide-Down in short yes-no questionsused as responses, like Did you?, Has she?, etc:
(John’s on holiday) || Is he? ||
(I went to the theatre last night) || Did you? ||
· We use the Glide-Down in tag-questions where the word not occurs in either the statement or the tag-question to force the other person to agree with us:
|| It’s cold to day | isn’t it? || (forcing the answer Yes)
|| It was a very good film | wasn’t it? ||
|| You won’t worry | will you? || (forcing the answer No)
|| He can’t really help it | can he? ||
· We use the Glide-Down for strong commands:
|| Don’t be a stupid idiot ||
|| Take your feet off the chair ||
|| Come and have dinner with us ||
|| Have some cheese ||
· We use the Glide-Down for strong exclamations:
|| Good Heavens! ||
|| How extra ordinary! ||
|| What a very pretty dress! ||
|| Nonsense! ||
|| Splendid! ||
Remember that Thank you comes in this class when it expresses real gratitude:
|| Thank you ||
|| Thank you very much ||