everyone has/have

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anreak

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When to use "everyone has" and "everyone have" please.
 

riverkid

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When to use "everyone has" and "everyone have" please.

When 'everyone' is the subject of a sentence, by convention, ['convention' means that is what the vast majority of English users use] it use a singular verb, eg. has/is/goes/eats/is heading/ etc.

When 'everyone' is used as a "name", it can be followed by 'have'.

Children, have fun.

Bill, Jill and Phil, have fun.

Everyone, have fun.
 
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