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#1 (permalink) Tue Apr 15, 2008 20:26 pm No one wants to have extra homework tonight, ...?

Hello, 'No one wants to have extra homework tonight, do they?' Why 'do they'? Regards

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#2 (permalink) Tue Apr 15, 2008 21:09 pm No one wants to have extra homework tonight, ...?

Though the verb is singular, you should use 'they' .This holds true for nobody, somebody and so forth.

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#3 (permalink) Tue Apr 15, 2008 22:38 pm No one wants to have extra homework tonight, ...?

SkiIucK wrote:

Hello,

'No one wants to have extra homework tonight, do they?'

Why 'do they'?

Regards

Because of the dummy auxiliary:

'No one (does) want to have extra homework tonight, do they?'

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