etymology - Why is everybody singular? - English Language Usage . . . Everybody is nice You can think of 'everybody' as being composed of a quantifier ('every') and a noun ('body') It is a kind of compound quantifier phrase Notice that the "embedded" word 'body' is singular This should go some way toward explaining why one must use the singular of to be, 'is'
word choice - Choosing between everybody and everyone - English . . . 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 understand the party has already started As whether everybody and everyone are interchangeable - yes, they are It doesn't matter which one you use in this case
Which is correct? Everyone do or does [duplicate] Everybody, do this problem You are calling for everyone's attention before telling them to do this problem Your last sentence can be changed to this: 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
word choice - Everyone or everybody - English Language Usage . . . However, it's worth mentioning that many people think everybody is a little more casual (more informal) than everyone Also, everybody is used more often than everyone in spoken language, which makes sense if it's more informal Having said this, it's absolutely fine to use either one
grammar - Everybody Somebody dont vs doesnt - English Language . . . Instead of 1 or 2 I'd say "Nobody wants to do it" or "Not everybody wants to do it", depending on the intended meaning However, the expected solution is probably 2 and 4, because "everybody" and "somebody" are treated as singular
Should I use everyones, everyones or everyones? As Robusto says, you should use everyone’s Neither everyones’ nor everyones is a word Note that everyone is always singular and cannot be pluralized, which means everyones is incorrect
grammatical number - everyone, everybody, everything, and . . . They are all singular indefinite pronouns The ones you listed are always singular However, there are three indefinite pronouns that can be singular or plural, depending on the context: all, some, and none
word order - Everybody is not vs Not everybody is - English . . . Natural languages are not formal mathematical logic In formal logic, you’re absolutely right: “Everybody does not have a water buffalo” would mean that everybody is sadly buffalo-less; it would not be the same as the negation of the statement “everybody has a water buffalo”, which would be “not everbody has a water buffalo”, or “somebody does not have a water buffalo”
Is ‘Everybody’s cup of tea’ a well-used English idiom? I found the headline,‘Facebook friendships are not everybody’s cup of tea,’ in 'Ask Amy' of the Lifestyle section of today’s Washington Post (August 9) Without special needs for taking bother of consulting dictionaries, I can easily guess ‘not everybody’s cup of tea’ means ‘not everybody’s liking or taste, or not applicable