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  1. grammatical number - Is "everyone" singular or plural? - English ...

    Are the words everyone and everybody singular or plural? And can I use a plural pronoun (such as their) to refer to these words? Grammarians actually agree that the words everyone and everybody are …

  2. word choice - Choosing between "everybody" and "everyone" - English ...

    Oct 26, 2011 · Welcome, everybody! Which is equivalent to, for example: Welcome, Janet! Without the comma as a sentence, it would be, for example: Janet, go and welcome everybody so they …

  3. grammatical number - "everyone", "everybody", "everything", and ...

    Are "everyone", "everybody", "everything", and "everywhere" singular or plural. I have found people who are say they are singular but also people who say they are plural.

  4. Which is correct? Everyone do or does [duplicate]

    Jun 16, 2022 · Everybody does this problem perfectly fine during the test. "Do" is usually used to form imperative sentences or commands, in this case do this problem, which is perfectly fine. does this …

  5. word choice - "Everyone" or "everybody" - English Language & Usage ...

    Are the words everybody and everyone interchangeable?From LearnersDictionary.com The short answer is, there's not much difference! Both of these words mean "every person," and in dictionaries, …

  6. What possessive is used when "everybody" is the antecedent?

    Mar 3, 2018 · Is this sentence right? Everybody is wasting his time. Is his or its the possessive of everybody? Most people use his but in my opinion it should be its: Everybody is wasting its time. I …

  7. Is it correct to use "their" instead of "his or her"?

    “Everybody” is a good example. We know that “everybody” is singular because we say “everybody is here,“ not “everybody are here” yet we tend to think of “everybody” as a group of individuals, so we …

  8. How to say hello to a group of people? [closed]

    In English, greetings like Hello and Hi and Good Morning don't change if you are addressing one, a few, or thousands of people. It's quite common to add something to note that you are greeting many …

  9. gender neutral - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Everybody, along with everyone, traditionally uses a singular pronoun of reference: everybody must sign his own name. Because the use of his in this context is now perceived as sexist by some, a second …

  10. word choice - what would you call a guy everybody picks on? - English ...

    Aug 13, 2014 · Let's say we have a guy who is stupid and weak and everybody picks on him and mocks him all the time. What would we call this guy? I found timid in the dictionary but I am looking for a …