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Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following Both the sisters have left for Canada, aren’t they?

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Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following

Both the sisters have left for Canada, aren’t they?

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Both the sisters have left for Canada, haven’t they?

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Chapter 3.1: In Celebration of Being Alive - Grammar- Interrogations or Questions [Page 82]

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Chapter 3.1 In Celebration of Being Alive
Grammar- Interrogations or Questions | Q 2. 8. | Page 82

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