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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Do they? vs don't they?

Hi,

I'm trying to write down a question tag with the sentence Everybody knows nothing and I'm not sure which tag I should put at the end of the sentence: does it have to be "don't they?" or "do they?"?

( Everybody knows nothing, don't they? vs Everybody knows nothing, do they? )

Thank you.
  

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Anonymous Everybody knows nothing, don't they? vs Everybody knows nothing, do they? That's a tough one.

— Avangi

  • Anonymous Everybody knows nothing, don't they?
  • vs Everybody knows nothing, do they?
  • That's a tough one.
  • It's not exactly a natural thing to say.
  • " Nobody knows anything about this, do they?
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AnonymousEverybody knows nothing, don't they? vs Everybody knows nothing, do they?
That's a tough one.
It's not exactly a natural thing to say.

It sounds like a "play on words."

Casually, I'd use, "Everybody knows nothing, right?"

"Do they?" definitely doesn't work, so that leaves us with "Don't they?"

Nobody knows an
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Thank you, Avangi, for your useful reply.
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