I’ve definitely seen “is not it” used before, usually in the context of things like speeches or rhetoric where someone has considered what to say beforehand and wants to keep a sense of formality. Generally it’ll be part of a rhetorical question, like “Is not it better to be x than be y?”
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I’ve definitely seen “is not it” used before, usually in the context of things like speeches or rhetoric where someone has considered what to say beforehand and wants to keep a sense of formality. Generally it’ll be part of a rhetorical question, like “Is not it better to be x than be y?”
There is a fairly common way to use the phrase, but that is not it.