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Question 51

Seeking neutral confirmation, complete the tag: The crew can't access the vault before nine, ___?

  1. can theyCorrect answer
  2. can't they
  3. do they
  4. could they

Explanation

A negative statement takes a positive confirmation tag that copies its auxiliary: can't becomes can with the subject pronoun they. Repeating negative can't fails to reverse polarity for the neutral confirmation requested, and tags built on do or could ignore the auxiliary already present.

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