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Callmeenno Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Singular or Plural

Hi everyone.

I'm little bit confused to define:
everyone, everybody, everything, someone, somebody, or anybody >> does it stand for singular or plural?

thanks a lot for your response :-)

Enno
  

Top answer

Hi Everyone and Everybody are for a group of people so they are used for plural Someone, Somebody and anybody indicate one person so they used for singular Lazzy boy

— Lazzy boy

  • Hi Everyone and Everybody are for a group of people so they are used for plural Someone, Somebody and anybody indicate one person so they used for singular Lazzy boy
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Hi

Everyone and Everybody are for a group of people so they are used for plural

Someone, Somebody and anybody indicate one person so they used for singular

Lazzy boy
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callmeennoHi everyone.I'm little bit confused to define:everyone, everybody, everything, someone, somebody, or anybody >> does it stand for singular or plural?thanks a lot for your response :-)Enno
:everyone, everybody, everything, someone, somebody, and anybody are used with a singular verb.
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Everyone and Everybody are for a group of people so they are used for plural.

Not true! All of the above is always singular.
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thanks for your response.

so, which answer is correct here? i'm still unsure.
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thanks for your response.

so, which answer is correct here? i'm still unsure.

enno
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:everyone, everybody, everything, someone, somebody, and anybody are used with a singular verb

This is the correct answer. Sorry for the confusing.
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callmeennoeveryone, everybody, everything
These are plural in meaning, but are considered singular for the purposes of subject-verb agreement.
callmeennosomeone, somebody, or anybody
These are singular in meaning and also singular for the purposes of subject-verb agreement.

CJ
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CalifJim
callmeennoeveryone, everybody, everything
These are plural in meaning, but are considered singular for the purposes of subject-verb agreement.
callmeennosomeone, somebody, or anybody
These are singular in meaning and also singular for the purposes of subject-verb agreement.CJ
ehm.
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callmeennoEverything that doesn't kill you will make you stronger.
Correct.
callmeennoSomebody has knocked on my door last night.
As corrected. No mention of a definite time with the present perfect. The subject-verb agreement is f
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