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- Isn't is a contraction of "is not". He's/she's is a contraction of "she is/he is". They are just different ways of writing the same sentence.
english.stackexchange.com/questions/280727/he-isnt-she-isnt-v-s-hes-not-shes-notmeaning - "He Isn't"/"She Isn't" V.S. "He's Not"/"She's Not ...
When it comes to the form of question tags, you need to pay attention that a personal pronoun ( ‘he, she, it, we’, etc.) instead of a noun is used in almost every case. It has to refer to the subject of the sentence which is often a noun or the same personal pronoun.
According, to this usage, you would simply write isn't she as is not she, hasn't she as has not she, and so on. But nowadays, we use statements like: Is she not a fine creature?
The isn't it? construction means 'right?' or 'isn't that correct?'. The auxiliary verb and the pronoun are inverted in the negative interrogative form: Susie is very professional, isn't she? Susie is very professional, don't you agree? Bob works in the IT department, doesn't he? Bob works in the IT department, isn't that correct?
Both are acceptable and both have the same initial meaning. Similar to "we're not" and "we aren't" because both mean "we are not." The English language is very confusing, in this case, there are multiple ways to say the same phrase.
Aug 12, 2014 · In Standard English, tag questions always mimic the main question. "That is ... isn't it?" "She is ... isn't she?". There are dialects where the standard tag-question is "isn't it" no matter what the main question is. –
In past continuous negative questions, there is confusion between "is she not" and the contracted form. "Is she not running?" is the standard version; after contraction, it becomes "isn't she running".
Oct 4, 2015 · The auxiliary verb of the main clause tells us which of doesn't he, hasn't he and isn't it we should use in the tag. We use the same auxiliary verb in both the main clause and in the tag. This also applies when you can't see the auxiliary verb (we use the auxiliary verb do; this is also known as Do-support ).
