Sarcastic Comments - 40

                                                        

          Sarcastic comments?

                          

Sarcastic = biting, sharp scathing, wounding cutting , mocking, sneering, caustic, derisive, demeaning etc.

Human way of thinking is diverse, so are the reactions and responses.  We shall see the formal way of making  sarcastic comments in our routine.  Diplomatic/tactical way of making sarcastic comments is quite different.

                                                                                            

Sarcastic comments(on some remarks) are common in talks, these comments are made by repeating the remarks and making SUBJECT - VERB  inversion. ( Here Verb refers to helping/auxiliary verb)

PRIOR INFORMATION

Subject?

The person or thing that we speak about in a sentence is called subject. A subject can be a noun pronoun, common noun, collective noun, adjectives etc. In the sentences below we have used   pronouns as subjects. Subject normally comes at the beginning of a sentence. It is more convenient to make sentences if the subject is in the form of a pronoun.  When you make a sentence always convert subject to it’s pronoun form mentally ( If the subject is not in the pronoun form). They are only nine pronouns (Personal) of all the subjects in the world, namely I, we, you, he, she, it, they

Helping/auxiliary verb?

Am, is, are,was, were, shall/will, do, does, have/has etc. are called helping/auxiliary verbs they are used to make negatives or questions.

NOTE: Comments may be friendly or  unfriendly/sarcastic.

 e.g. ‘ I won’t listen’ ‘ Oh you won’t ‘ Won’t you? ('Oh you won't '= remark, 'wont you' =  subject-verb inversion.)

                                                                       SECTION –A 
                       (affirmative sentence< remark > - Comment) 

More Sentences

( We haven’t inserted quotes in the following sentences)

I spoke to Caroline yesterday. You did, did you? (Friendly)

She is  fond of green tea. You is , is she?

He has completed the assignment. He  has, has he?

I will send you to the prison. You will, Will you? ( Listeners comment) - sarcastic

I will send you to prison (Who said?).  I will , Will I? (Speakers comment) – surprised

I shall have to take action against you. You will, Will you? ( shall can be used only with I and we.)

He hates the boss like an enemy. He does, does he?

She is very rude to her opponents. She is, is she?

I am going to call her now. You are, Are you?

I think she is quite careless. You do, do you?

NOTE: Do, and does are the helping verbs, they are used to make questions and negatives.

                                                                    SECTION – B 
                        (Negative sentence <remark> – Comment) 

You mustn’t behave (With her like that). I mustn’t, mustn’t I? (Mustn't = must not)

I didn’t do that. You didn’t , Didn’t you. (Didn't  = did not)

She won’t accept the offer. She won’t ,Won’t she.

The advancing army won’t retreat. It won’t, Won’t it?

The didn’t relocate the missile . They didn’t, didn’t they?

They are going to strike tomorrow. They are, are they?

                                                           SECTION – C 
                              (Question Tags in imperative sentence)

 Imperative sentence = command/order/request sentence

You hear me, don’t you?

Stop that nonsense, will you?

You weren’t absent yesterday, were you?