Dropping the are in informal, spoken American English

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Dropping the are in informal, spoken American English

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I have a question about informal, spoken American english.

To me sometimes it seems like in informal english the are is dropped in questions. Instead of "are you having a good time" it's just "you having a good time?" or "are you gonna buy that?" - "you gonna buy that?" or "are you sure?" - "you sure?" I wonder if it's true or if they actually just say "you're having a good time?" - "you're gonna buy that?" - "you're sure?"

The reson I'm asking this is also because I think I know that in the negative forms the are wouldn't be dropped. It would be "you're not having a good time?" -"you're not gonna buy that?" - "you're not sure?"

I hope my question is clear enough, anyway thanks already for helping me with this!
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Re: Dropping the are in informal, spoken American English

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Dear Sinhasiha
Yes, spoken American English frequently drops the initial Are in questions and uses intonation (rising at the end) to indicate it's a question. And you are quite right, in the negative, the are isn't dropped, just contracted to You're.
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Re: Dropping the are in informal, spoken American English

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thank Teacher
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