My question is: 'aren’t they?' is OK here?
N northpath Member Joined Nov 4, 2013 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Russian Home Country Russian Federation Current Location Russian Federation Jan 4, 2014 #1 My question is: 'aren’t they?' is OK here?
Barb_D Moderator Staff member Joined Mar 12, 2007 Member Type Other Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Jan 4, 2014 #2 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?
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?