positive clause 就是 affirmative clause 的意思——表示“肯定分句”“肯定从句”,与 negative clause(否定分句,否定句从句)形成对比。如:
Like positive
clauses, however, they may be followed by positive tag clauses that do not have
subject-operator inversion.
句子大意:然而,和肯定分句一样,它们(应该是指否定分句)后面可以跟主语与功能词不倒装的肯定附加分句。