一般來說,附加問句是用肯定的去接否定的直述句,用否定的去接肯定的直述句:
You love Susie, don't you?
She can't dance, can she?
附加問句語調上揚時,講話的人對自己的話沒有信心,想對方確認;附加問句語下降時,講話的人對自己的話有絕對的信心,要對方認同。
也可在肯定句後加上肯定的附加問句,用來向對方確認。
His father is ill, is he. (他的父親生病了,對吧?)
以上說明及例句請參見pp.36-37綿貫陽著《新觀念英文法》眾文圖書公司2013年出版
所以以下兩種方式都正確,因為主句是肯定句,附加問句可以否定,也可以肯定:
This thing is unfair, isn't it? ...不對嗎?
This thing is unfair, is it? ...對吧?
This thing is fair, isn't it?(肯定+否定)
This thing is fair, is it?(肯定+肯定)主句是肯定,可接肯定的附加問句。
This thing isn't fair, is it?(否定+肯定)。
Michael Swan著《牛津英語用法指南》第二版p.700
「同向」疑問尾句
在肯定句後面常用肯定的疑問尾句。這些尾句用來對前面所說的事的反應,如興趣、驚奇、關心、或其它反應,如:
So you are getting married, are you? How nice!
So she thinks she's going to become a doctor, does she? Well, well.
You think you're funny, do you?
以下是用尾句來確定是否正確:
Your mother's at home, is she?
This is the last bus, is it?
You can eat shellfish, can you?
在「英國英語」中,偶爾會聽到否定句後用「同向」的否定附加尾句,這聽起來往往咄咄逼人:
I see. You don't like my cooking, don't you?
=我明白了。你不喜歡吃我做的菜,是不是?
"This thing is unfair." (1) To change into positive and interrogative sentence: Does this thing unfair is it? (2)To change into negative and interrogative sentence: Does this thing unfair isn't it ? Yip