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Nobody knows how to operate the new machine ______ .[Add a question tag]

Adoes they?

Bdon't they?

Cdoesn't they?

Ddo they?

Answer:

D. do they?

Read Explanation:

  • The sentence is negative because "nobody" implies not a single person knows (തന്നിരിക്കുന്ന sentence negative  ആയതിനാൽ question tag positive ആയിരിക്കും).
  • Main clause നെഗറ്റീവ് ആയതിനാൽ, ടാഗ് പോസിറ്റീവ് ആയിരിക്കണം.
  • 'they' എന്ന pronoun plural ആയതിനാൽ does എന്ന singular auxiliary ഉപയോഗിക്കാൻ കഴിയില്ല. അതിനാൽ 'do' എന്ന auxiliary ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നു (because plural). അതിനാൽ "do they" എന്നത് tag ആയിവരുന്നു.

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