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phrase: got tired of traffic | Present simple type: "I start work at 9 o'clock and finish at 5:30."
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Usage of begins: Everyone looks suitably depressed at this remark and begins to #1 (permalink) Fri Oct 16, 2009 0:58 am   Usage of begins: Everyone looks suitably depressed at this remark and begins to
 

Everyone in the pub looks suitably depressed at this remark and begins to think of all the price increases that will follow.

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Shouldn't it suppose to be "begin"? So sentence like "Everyone are waiting." is wrong? Also, is "begins" the verb on that sentence?
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Usage of begins: Everyone looks suitably depressed at this remark and begins to #2 (permalink) Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:25 am   Usage of begins: Everyone looks suitably depressed at this remark and begins to
 

Everyone is singular. Think of it as "Every-One".
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Usage of begins: Everyone looks suitably depressed at this remark and begins to #3 (permalink) Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:36 am   Usage of begins: Everyone looks suitably depressed at this remark and begins to
 

That makes sense. So it's like "Neither him or her is giving up.". Hey thanks Erik.

Btw, is that period after quotation mark 'giving up."(.)' correct???
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