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    Hello everyone
    i have a question concerning both words "everyone" and "everybody"
    i want to ask whether we use the singular or plural with both
    in other words ; do we say "everybody is concerned" or "everybody are concerned" .
    "everyone is concerned " or "everyone are concerned".
    thanks in advance

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    Default Re: Grammar

    "everybody is concerned" or "everybody are concerned" .
    "everyone is concerned " or "everyone are concerned"

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    Thanks for the reply , but you know , i have used the singular In a TOEFL test , and they removed my score and corrected it with using the plural with everybody

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    Quote Originally Posted by saddouda View Post
    Thanks for the reply , but you know , i have used the singular In a TOEFL test , and they removed my score and corrected it with using the plural with everybody
    Who were 'they'?

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    well , i dont know who were they , it is a free test of toefl i had online

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    It could be an error, but it could be a trick question and everybody is not the subject- do you have the whole sentence?

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