'everyone' is treated as singular

eg, everyone has a car.

everyone sat on their arse.

Posted By: shoddy on September 5th 2023 at 08:21:05

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Help me grammar police. (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Sep 5, 07:35:35
- its Bottoms.... (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Sep 5, 15:04:01
- “Help me, grammar police.” (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Sep 5, 10:39:53
  - He might own some grammar police who are in need of help? (n/m) (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Sep 5, 12:48:35
    - Then it should read “my” (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Sep 5, 13:27:30
  - Yeah I realised that after I’d posted it 🤦🏻 (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Sep 5, 10:44:18
- Whichever one it is Newsnight played the bleeped clip last night after the Royale Family! (General Chat) - Ruttles, Sep 5, 10:36:46
- Fuck da police (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Sep 5, 09:32:44
  - Whoop whoop, sound of da police. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Sep 5, 10:46:12
- Butts (n/m) (General Chat) - ChampsChamps2023, Sep 5, 09:13:57
- Think of it like... (General Chat) - trafford_canary, Sep 5, 09:10:54
  - Not everyone. (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Sep 5, 09:25:56
    - My metalwork teacher had a glass eye due to a workshop accident. Naturally he was known as (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Sep 5, 09:40:00
      - All metal/wood work teachers in the 80s had at least one appendage/body part missing (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Sep 5, 10:01:18
      - Until just now I thought my woodwork teacher was called Humphrey Bumphrey but google tells (General Chat) - Adster, Sep 5, 09:46:49
        
        Another stalwart from the CNS (General Chat) - Chicken, Sep 5, 10:06:07
        
        Fuck CNS and their cricket team (n/m) (General Chat) - MonkeyPuzzle, Sep 5, 10:48:31
        
        That's a mean thing to say about some schoolkids (n/m) (General Chat) - Adster, Sep 5, 11:51:22
        
        I remember Mr James and of course his sidekick Trevor Stubbs (n/m) (General Chat) - Adster, Sep 5, 10:34:38
- You don’t need “on their arse” the body part used is implicit in the verb to sit. (General Chat) - Boyer, Sep 5, 08:29:21
  - Keep your arse tight too (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 5, 12:35:32
  - If you want oomph (General Chat) - CWC, Sep 5, 08:49:09
    - Needs a slight pause between SIT and DOWN for maximum effect (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 5, 08:51:57
      - and the additional words "...YOUR EFFIN ..." (n/m) (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Sep 5, 08:53:45
  - But "everyone has sat" lacks oomph (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 5, 08:34:29
    - If oomph required then bypass the grammar police and go for the wellie squad (n/m) (General Chat) - Boyer, Sep 5, 10:55:31
- 'everyone' is treated as singular (General Chat) - shoddy, Sep 5, 08:21:05
- backsides (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Sep 5, 07:37:32
  - so arses is correct. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Sep 5, 07:38:05

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