Life would be a lot less painful without love, don't you think?"
Life would be a lot less painful without love, don't you think so?"
Do they mean the same? Or they have slightly different meanings?
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Sign up to join this communityLife would be a lot less painful without love, don't you think?"
Life would be a lot less painful without love, don't you think so?"
Do they mean the same? Or they have slightly different meanings?
Life would be a lot less painful without love, don't you think?
Life would be a lot less painful without love, don't you think so?
To some extent this might be a matter of opinion. However I'll give mine.
1. I would say that:
(a) 'don't you think?' is almost a throwaway line that seeks (and probably assumes) confirmation of the speaker's opinion.
(b) 'don't you think so?' is a request for information. It seeks the opinion of the listener.
2. I would expect a difference in intonation.
(c) 'don't you think?' would be unemphasised and take a descending tone.
(d) 'don't you think so?' would be stressed on the word 'think' and would have a rising tone towards 'think' followed by a descending tone afterwards.
Note
Intonation and stress are very important in such cases. The way you speak a tag question can change its effect quite strongly.
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Nov 4, 2015 at 18:50