http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/EveryoneWasWere/dbjx/post.htm#15328Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:38:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:15328Affix0http://www.englishforums.com/English/EveryoneWasWere/dbjx/post.htm#15328http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-15328.xmlNow I understand, Thanxhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/EveryoneWasWere/dbjx/post.htm#15236Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:38:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:15236whl6261http://www.englishforums.com/English/EveryoneWasWere/dbjx/post.htm#15236http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-15236.xmlI just mean that ' everyone ' ( is/ was ).... ' Everyone ' can never be followed by a plural verb to be ( are/ were ).http://www.englishforums.com/English/EveryoneWasWere/dbjx/post.htm#15213Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:38:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:15213Affix2http://www.englishforums.com/English/EveryoneWasWere/dbjx/post.htm#15213http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-15213.xmlI don't quite understand your sentence, Whl626. Could you please rewrite it in a easier and detailed way???http://www.englishforums.com/English/EveryoneWasWere/dbjx/post.htm#15212Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:38:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:15212Verig3http://www.englishforums.com/English/EveryoneWasWere/dbjx/post.htm#15212http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-15212.xmlGood. There's one teacher who says they're interchangeable in cases like this. Sounded a bit odd to my ears, but when you start thinking about words too much...http://www.englishforums.com/English/EveryoneWasWere/dbjx/post.htm#15211Fri, 22 May 2009 09:38:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:15211whl6264http://www.englishforums.com/English/EveryoneWasWere/dbjx/post.htm#15211http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-15211.xmlEveryone ( was ) Under no circumstance that everyone takes the verb to be ( were )http://www.englishforums.com/English/EveryoneWasWere/dbjx/post.htmThu, 22 Jan 2009 10:38:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:15195Verig5http://www.englishforums.com/English/EveryoneWasWere/dbjx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-15195.xmlCould some native English speaker tell me if it's ok to say: "Everyone else were sleeping.", or should I say "Everyone else was sleeping."? I know that every- words are treated as singular, but I'm not totally sure about was/were.