Simple Present with everybody/everyone

[Sarahz]

Hi everybody,

could someone explain to me why I must add third person singular -s if talking about everyone? After all, everyone is meaning a group of people, so definitely not he/she/or it!

Thank you for your help!

[Torsten]

Hi Sarahz,

Welcome to english-test.net and many thanks for your interesting question. The pronouns 'everyone' and 'everybody' mean 'every person' grammatically speaking 'everybody' is the third person singular.

Hope this helps.
Regards,
Torsten
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