[Grammar] Each inhabitant of a large city is a bit crazy, aren’t they?

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northpath

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My question is: 'aren’t they?' is OK here?
 

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Hmm. I didn't notice it was "wrong" because there is no single-person, either-sex word.
But it would perhaps be better in this case to go with all plurals: All the inhabitants ..., aren't they?
 
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