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What are some alternative ways of confirming a point, situation, etc. apart from saying “…, right?” at the end of a sentence to make it a question? (e.g. You are going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight, right?)

What are some good similar ways to ask the same question (in a way that we are confirming our point and it is not all unknown to us)

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    Why don't you like right?
    – Dangph
    Commented Aug 1, 2014 at 4:48
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    @Dangph I use it, but I think that always using this structure is kind of stupid. So I thought I should know of some similar ways of saying it.
    – user6200
    Commented Aug 1, 2014 at 4:53
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    I think it sounds fine. You might like to use an introductory phrase with it: Just to confirm / Just to be clear, you are going on the 11:30 flight, right?
    – Dangph
    Commented Aug 1, 2014 at 5:11
  • I've heard people borrow n'est-ce pas? from French, but it's used in a slightly different way.
    – Schism
    Commented Aug 1, 2014 at 16:10
  • If you're in Canada (or speaking to a Canadian), use, "..., eh?"
    – Scott - Слава Україні
    Commented Aug 1, 2014 at 21:37

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Here are some options:

You're going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight, right?

You're going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight, is that right?

You're going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight, correct?

You're going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight, aren’t you?

Here are a couple subtleties:

  1. Phrasing the last question in the negative indicates that you expect a positive answer (confirmation). That is, “aren’t you?” implies that you expect that the person is going on the 11:30 flight. However, this doesn’t apply to questions that are just forms of “right?”.

  2. In “Is that right?”, stress indicates whether you expect a positive or negative answer. “Is that right?” indicates that you expect a positive answer. “Is that right?” and “Is that right?” indicate surprise or doubt.

You're going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight, yes?

This works, but can make you sound like a foreigner:

You're going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight, no?

Here are some more options, which might be perceived as more formal or in some way accusing or challenging the other person, though they can also be used neutrally, depending on your intonation. (Even the very typical options above can be made to sound challenging with the right intonation.)

You're going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight, is that not right?

You're going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight, is that not correct?

You're going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight, is that so?

You're going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight, is that not so?

You're going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight, are you?

You're going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight, true?

You're going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight, is that not true?

You're going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight, is this right?

You're going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight, is this not right?

You're going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight, is this so?

You're going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight, is this not so?

And here are some other ways to ask for expected confirmation, which are familiar and commonplace but convey a distinctive emotional attitude toward the expectation:

You're not going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight, are you?

You're really going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight?

Are you really going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight?

You're going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight—are you kidding?

You're going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight—are you joking?

You're going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight—are you serious?

To get a feeling for how all the various alternative forms affect the tone, you’ll just have to notice the contexts and intonation when people use them. If you're a beginner and want to play it completely safe, just use the four at the top of this message.

Notice that “that” is the most ordinary way to refer to the proposition. “This” also refers to the proposition but sounds formal. However, “it” would normally refer to something else, and it sounds clumsy or mistaken to use it to refer to the proposition in question (“You’re going on the 11:30 flight, is it right?”), at least in American English.

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You are going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight, aren't you?

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    +1, btw this construct is called a question tag.
    – Dennis
    Commented Aug 1, 2014 at 5:50
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They are called question tags and are generally used with declarative questions.

I've been told by native speakers not to use it the way I used to and the way you think! In India, the commonest way to make a question tag is to add no!

You like it, no? -This is incorrect.

Now,

You like it, right? may be okay but not a proper way to form a question tag.

The proper way to form it is...

You like it, don't you? OR You don't like it, do you?

Your example, as stated by user3169

You are going tomorrow on [sic] the 1130 flight, aren't you?

Good read is here on About.com.

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    , no? is grammatically correct English and makes perfect sense. It's just not a common construction and can sound a little pretentious or maybe old-timey to native English speakers. That said, it can also sound fine depending on who says it and how. I recommend avoiding it while you're learning.
    – user428517
    Commented Aug 1, 2014 at 18:04
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    very uncommon. I've only heard non-English speaking people use statements like "You like it, no?" grammatically correct or not, it's at least not a common American English idiom, possible common in other English speaking countries. It sounds the opposite of pretentious, like a French exchange student with limited English knowledge.
    – stephenbayer
    Commented Aug 1, 2014 at 19:17
  • @stephenbayer You don't think French exchange students are pretentious? Seriously though, I do think it makes many native English speakers think of the French "non?" question tag, which may be why it's sometimes thought of as pretentious.
    – Kyle Strand
    Commented Aug 1, 2014 at 22:18
  • no, I was thinking of someone more like the French exchange student from the movie Better Off Dead. But I was trying to convey that specifically to Americans, that particular statement sounds foreign and not properly formed, even though, according to sgroves, it is grammatically correct.
    – stephenbayer
    Commented Aug 1, 2014 at 22:32
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    If you ask most Americans what is a "question tag" and what is a "declarative question", I think they won't know.
    – Ben Kovitz
    Commented Feb 16, 2015 at 6:08
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I tend to use 'correct' instead of right. It's is still used at the end of the sentence, but sounds a little more refined.

Your flight is at 11:30, correct?

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  1. Are you going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight?
  2. Is it that you are going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight?
  3. If you won't mind telling me, are you going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight?
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    Re #3: Better to use a gerund than an infinitive in the initial clause, as this usage of mind takes an object (you could also use nakedly, leaving the object understood): if you won't mind telling me.
    – Esoteric Screen Name
    Commented Aug 1, 2014 at 4:35
  • @EsotericScreenName Bingo! :) +1
    – Maulik V
    Commented Aug 1, 2014 at 10:06
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    in a way that we are confirming our point and it is not all unknown to us These all have the connotation that you actually don't know, rather than just confirming.
    – Cruncher
    Commented Aug 1, 2014 at 12:44
  • @Cruncher I am confirming but I am not certain. That's why I wrote "...it is not all unknown.."
    – user6200
    Commented Aug 1, 2014 at 13:35
  • (#2) This only seems correct English if you are talking about something since "that" is relative
    – Sammaye
    Commented Aug 1, 2014 at 15:09
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It came to my attention that you are going on the 11:30 flight tomorrow. Could you please confirm that?

or

I heard that you are going on the 11:30 flight tomorrow. It better be true!

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