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2021-01-28 14:55:40 About identifies a topic.

noun + be + about + noun

This book is about prepositions.

Nouns commonly used before about:

argument, article, book, conversation, disagreement, discussion, joke, lecture,
movie, news, play, program, report, speech, story

noun + about + noun

She gave me advice about my loan.

Nouns commonly used before about:

assurance, comment, complaint, gossip, lie, question, statement, truth

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Indefinite Nouns

Sentences with indefinite nouns such as someone, anyone, no one and everyone, use they in the tag.

No one cares, do they?
Everyone left, didn’t they?
Someone's at the door, are they?

With other indefinite nouns such as something and everything, use it:

Everything is OK, isn’t it?
Nothing matters, does it?
Something smells bad, doesn't it?

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