Point 16 in the category of QUESTIONS is defined as:
‘RIGHT’ AS AN INFORMAL TAG in informal contexts.
A search in iWeb for:
* * , right ?
1 I KNOW , RIGHT ? 1260
2 MAKES SENSE , RIGHT ? 866
3 PRETTY COOL , RIGHT ? 735
National Law Review5 SIMPLE ENOUGH , RIGHT ? 608
6 SOUNDS GREAT , RIGHT ? 568
7 . EASY , RIGHT ? 544
8 GOOD THING , RIGHT ? 539
9 BIG DEAL , RIGHT ? 525
10 SOUNDS GOOD , RIGHT ? 503
11 TO DO , RIGHT ? 502
12 EASY ENOUGH , RIGHT ? 473
13 PRETTY SIMPLE , RIGHT ? 472
14 . CRAZY , RIGHT ? 439
15 CAN DREAM , RIGHT ? 398
16 , THOUGH , RIGHT ? 379
17 DO IT , RIGHT ? 375
18 AS WELL , RIGHT ? 368
19 THE TIME , RIGHT ? 368
20 ABOUT IT , RIGHT ? 366
21 BE TRUE , RIGHT ? 362
22 , TOO , RIGHT ? 361
23 FOR YOU , RIGHT ? 361
24 SOUNDS SIMPLE , RIGHT ? 357
25 ALL ABOUT , RIGHT ? 352
26 DO THAT , RIGHT ? 345
27 PRETTY GOOD , RIGHT ? 345
28 SIMPLE , RIGHT ? 337
29 . COOL , RIGHT ? 336
30 OF IT , RIGHT ? 320
31 KNOW THAT , RIGHT ? 317
32 SOUNDS EASY , RIGHT ? 314
33 THE WORLD , RIGHT ? 305
34 NOT BAD , RIGHT ? 302
35 THE SAME , RIGHT ? 291
36 LIKE THAT , RIGHT ? 288
37 THAN NEVER , RIGHT ? 288
38 AT ALL , RIGHT ? 284
39 BE GOOD , RIGHT ? 276
40 EASY , RIGHT ? 276
41 WHY NOT , RIGHT ? 276
42 ‘RE KIDDING , RIGHT ? 272
43 THAN DONE , RIGHT ? 255
44 THE POINT , RIGHT ? 251
45 BE EASY , RIGHT ? 248
46 A JOKE , RIGHT ? 247
47 . WEIRD , RIGHT ? 240
48 TO GO , RIGHT ? 239
49 TALKING ABOUT , RIGHT ? 232
50 TO IT , RIGHT ? 231
51 AFTER ALL , RIGHT ? 230
52 THE BETTER , RIGHT ? 228
53 WITH IT , RIGHT ? 224
54 IS GOOD , RIGHT ? 218
55 BY NOW , RIGHT ? 216
56 FIRST PLACE , RIGHT ? 214
57 WHO CARES , RIGHT ? 212
58 FOR SOMETHING , RIGHT ? 208
59 I MEAN , RIGHT ? 207
60 SAME THING , RIGHT ? 206
61 . AWESOME , RIGHT ? 205
62 OF THEM , RIGHT ? 205
63 TO BE , RIGHT ? 203
64 WITH THAT , RIGHT ? 202
65 PRETTY AWESOME , RIGHT ? 200
66 THE GAME , RIGHT ? 200
67 . AMAZING , RIGHT ? 197
68 SO FAR , RIGHT ? 197
69 YOU WANT , RIGHT ? 191
70 FOR THAT , RIGHT ? 190
71 ON IT , RIGHT ? 189
72 IT IS , RIGHT ? 188
73 A PROBLEM , RIGHT ? 186
74 START SOMEWHERE , RIGHT ? 184
75 AS POSSIBLE , RIGHT ? 179
76 ARE FOR , RIGHT ? 179
77 FOR IT , RIGHT ? 179
78 EACH OTHER , RIGHT ? 176
79 IS BETTER , RIGHT ? 171
80 A NO-BRAINER , RIGHT ? 170
81 OUT THERE , RIGHT ? 170
82 A REASON , RIGHT ? 169
83 THAN THAT , RIGHT ? 169
84 TO YOU , RIGHT ? 169
85 NO PROBLEM , RIGHT ? 168
86 SOME POINT , RIGHT ? 168
87 SO GOOD , RIGHT ? 166
88 KNEW THAT , RIGHT ? 163
89 OR SOMETHING , RIGHT ? 162
90 A WHILE , RIGHT ? 160
91 SOUNDS CRAZY , RIGHT ? 159
92 THAT MEANS , RIGHT ? 156
93 IN IT , RIGHT ? 155
94 TOO BAD , RIGHT ? 155
95 THE DAY , RIGHT ? 151
96 THE BEST , RIGHT ? 150
97 THESE DAYS , RIGHT ? 150
98 FOR ME , RIGHT ? 149
99 GOOD NEWS , RIGHT ? 149
100 PRETTY AMAZING , RIGHT ? 148
A2 vocabulary:
amazing, awesome, by, cool, crazy, dream, enough, far, mean, means, news, out, point, pretty, reason, simple, so, somewhere, sounds, true, while
Another example:
If you work with words for a living, grammar is one of those things you’re just supposed to know, in the same way engineers are supposed to be good at math, right?