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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Everyone left their house(s)...
Hi,
I've got a big problem. I know "someone", "anyone", etc. are singular, and everything is in the singular apart from "singular their". Example: "Someone left their scarf here." (not "scarfs", unless there is more than one)
But when there's "everyone", "everything", etc., is everything in the singular? Or are they seen as plural?
Example:
Everyone left their own home/homes.
Everybody is going to bring their wife/wifes along. At midnight they are going to get back to their home/homes.
Waht do natives do? Is it possible they use both the singular and the plural? Thanks
I've got a big problem. I know "someone", "anyone", etc. are singular, and everything is in the singular apart from "singular their". Example: "Someone left their scarf here." (not "scarfs", unless there is more than one)
But when there's "everyone", "everything", etc., is everything in the singular? Or are they seen as plural?
Example:
Everyone left their own home/homes.
Everybody is going to bring their wife/wifes along. At midnight they are going to get back to their home/homes.
Waht do natives do? Is it possible they use both the singular and the plural? Thanks
Top answer
I thinks it should be singular because: "every one". Like: «Every citizen has left their house»
- I thinks it should be singular because: "every one".
- Like: «Every citizen has left their house»
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I thinks it should be singular because: "every one".
Like: «Every citizen has left their house»
Like: «Every citizen has left their house»
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Everyone left their own home/homes.
Everybody is going to bring their wife/wifes wives along.
At midnight they are going to get back to their home/homes.
In modern English, everybody is used with their instead of his or her, or his/her.
Everyone left their own home/homes.
Everybody is going
Everybody is going to bring their wife/
At midnight they are going to get back to their home/homes.
In modern English, everybody is used with their instead of his or her, or his/her.
Everyone left their own home/homes.
Everybody is going
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Hi everyone,
thanks for the replies. I also searched the net, and I found this: http://www.bartelby.com/68/12/2312.html
Looks like the plural sounds better because of a kind of "notional agreement", but not always. I believe this is part of a bigger p
thanks for the replies. I also searched the net, and I found this: http://www.bartelby.com/68/12/2312.html
Looks like the plural sounds better because of a kind of "notional agreement", but not always. I believe this is part of a bigger p
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