反义疑问句能证实 You don’t think 不是“否定转移”吗？有位英语老师在《英语答疑网》写道：1993 年全国高考英语试题的一道选择题： You don't think that he is unfit for the office, ______? (A. do you B. don't you C. is he D. isn't he)正确答案是 A（do you）。我对此感到很疑惑，于是便致函上海外国语学院英语系语法教研室主任《新编英语语法》主编章振邦教授，章教授很热心，在回信中详细地解答了这个问题（很幸运，昨天在书柜里终于找到了这封回信）。现将回信全文贴上，供网友和老师们参考：8 月 20 日来函所询问的句子我认为并不存在“否定转移”的问题，其答案应该是 A（...，do you?）。理由是：当 imagine, expect, think 之类的动词用于“否定转移”结构时，其前通常带有第一人称主语，随后若有“附加疑问句”（QUESTION TAG）其主语和动词则应与 that-分句保持一致，例如：I don't think she has met you before.= I think she hasn't met you before.→ I think she hasn't met you before, has she?→ I don't think she has met you before, has she?这类结构的主句也可以用第三人称主语，例如：She doesn't think that he would say anything about it.= She thinks that he wouldn't say anything about it.→ She thinks he wouldn't say anything about it, would he?→ She doesn't think he would say anything about it, would he?但若用第二人称主语，问题就改变了，因为 You don't think that he is unfit for the office.并不等于 You think that he is not unfit for the office.因此，在用“附加疑问”时，只能与主句的主语和动词保持一致，而不能与 that-分句保持一致，从而最佳选择应该是 A：You don't think that he is unfit for the office, do you?那么，为什么此句不存在“转移否定”的问题呢？试观察以下转换形式（凡是“转移否定”结构通常可做如下转换）：I don't think she has met you before.= She hasn't met you before, I think.I don't imagine he cares.= He doesn’t care, I imagine.而 You don’t think he is unfit for the office.却不可以转换为*He is not unfit for the office, you ...
