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All sharks are dangerous. All + of + determiner + noun. I have proof right here that using "their" is acceptable! That’s is a good question. Everybody, nobody, anybody, somebody, each one, everyone, either, neither, and no one are all singular subjects, requiring singular verbs and pronouns. Well thanks for the negative ratings, but I … All elephants are slow.

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These nouns can also be replaced by pronouns. The noun can be singular, plural or an uncountable noun. Well thanks for the negative ratings, but I am not wrong. We can use All with a plural noun to make a generalization about an entire group of something. The key word to look for in "everybody" is "every" or "each," which implies "each single ONE."


It should be "their", because it is plural. It, therefore, is both singular and plural as exemplified below: Everyone was present at the meeting.

EVERYONE is SINGULAR and it takes a singular verb but its pronoun is PLURAL so it takes a PLURAL verb. Sometimes it can be confusing though, as there are words that have spellings that might not be pronounced quite the way you would expect. Singular or Plural When it comes to indefinite pronouns, grammarians disagree about whether words such as everyone and somebody are singular or plural when you use a pronoun to refer to them.

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Several listeners have recently asked about this conundrum. While everybody seems like a plural noun, since it refers to a crowd of people, it is actually a singular subject.