I'm writing a story, but I seem to have forgotten which of the two is correct.
The sentence I used:
"You wouldn't mind if I borrowed this pen, do you?"
But I want to know if it should be:
"You wouldn't mind, do you?"
or:
"You wouldn't mind, would you?"
Best Answer
Tags are helping verbs or modals and must match the tense of the main verb:
You wouldn't mind if a borrowed this pen, would you?
You like coffee, don't you?
Do you is only be appended to a verb in the present tense.
You speak Russian, don't you?
You'd like to go, wouldn't you?
You should go tomorrow, shouldn't you?
They're speaking French, aren't they?
He's leaving now, isn't he?
You've got it now, haven't you? [just to be funny]