Question tag in American English: Nobody is here.

..., are they? (Same in AmE.)

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Nobody is here, isn't it? You can't say aren't because nobody refers to the 3RD PERSON SINGULAR - so it will take the third person singular form. EX: Everyone is here, isn't it? It continues to take the singular form for the 3rd person.

Nobody is here, are they?
Everybody is here, aren't they?
Someone was just here recently, weren't they?

All of these indefinite pronouns refer to people, so it is not appropriate. Sometimes this usage is called "singular they", even though it agrees with a plural verb. The same is possible for their.

Everyone has their own way of doing th

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There are few students in the classroom, ___ there?

An American says the above question should take a n

sitifanWhat's your opinion?

My opinion is that I would never put a tag there. In fact, I can't imagine myself generating the sentence to begin with.

I almost always express few and little as not many and not much.

There aren't many students in the classroom, are there?

I don't see few as nega

Nobody knows the answer,________?