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- word order - Everybody is not vs Not everybody is . . .
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”
- What is the difference between anyone and everyone in . . .
If there is only one opportunity (or possibly very few), but all persons are eligible to partake, anyone is correct, but everyone would not be In many contexts, the term anyone also has a subtle connotation that the skill or eligibility barrier is very low (often conveyed by inflection)
- Difference between not every and every . . . is not
I am no mathematician or logician, but even if “Everyone in the room is smart” does not necessarily mean there is anyone in the room, “Not everyone in the room is smart” does (in my head) Saying that the subset of smart people
- popular refrains - Origin of Dont ask the question if youre not . . .
Listen to the Answer: Why ask the question if you did not want to hear the answer Let the other know you heard his answer and show by your comments that you are interested An early instance of the expression framed as a rule appears in O'Neal Turner John Pivovarnick, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting into College (1994) [combined snippets]:
- 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 If everyones were a word, everyones’
- grammatical number - “Everyone elses life” vs “. . . elses lives . . .
Else is just a determiner used after everyone Allow me a digression that I think you might find helpful when thinking about whether to use life or lives in similar sorts of construction The most memorable explanation of whether to use a plural or singular word that I've ever encountered comes from the book Words Into Type (p 357)
- “Everything is not…” - English Language Usage Stack . . .
In cases where it's clear whether the negation applies to the verb or its target, there's no ambiguity Compare "We can't leave because everyone isn't here" or "We can't leave because everyone is in room 42-C--not here " Also
- grammatical number - Is everyone singular or plural . . .
Grammar Girl [ ] says, everyone sounds like a lot of people, but in grammar land, everyone is a singular noun and takes a singular verb Now, if you’re in Britain, you don’t have to worry so much about everyone and everybody because sometimes they’re considered plural
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