http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3260.39585)http://www.englishforums.com/English/EveryoneLeftTheirHouseS/vqmpd/post.htm#416418Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:36:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:416418Kooyeen0http://www.englishforums.com/English/EveryoneLeftTheirHouseS/vqmpd/post.htm#416418http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-416418.xmlHi everyone,<br>thanks for the replies. I also searched the net, and I found this: <a href="http://www.bartelby.com/68/12/2312.html" target="_blank" title="http://www.bartelby.com/68/12/2312.html">http://www.bartelby.com/68/12/2312.html</a><br>Looks like the plural sounds better because of a kind of "notional agreement", but not always. I believe this is part of a bigger problem, a bigger question, that is "Singular or plural objects with plural subjects?" - And that's a difficult one, there's no grammar rule and no one is able to explain what to do...<br><br>So... Thanks again <img src="/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile [:)]" /><br><br><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/EveryoneLeftTheirHouseS/vqmxd/post.htm#416401Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:36:57 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:416401Yoong Liat1http://www.englishforums.com/English/EveryoneLeftTheirHouseS/vqmxd/post.htm#416401http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-416401.xml<P><STRONG><EM>Everyone left their own home/homes.<BR>Everybody is going to bring their wife/<STRIKE>wifes</STRIKE> wives along. </EM></STRONG></P> <P><STRONG><EM>At midnight they are going to get back to their home/homes.</EM></STRONG></P> <P><STRONG>In modern English, <EM>everybody</EM> is used with <EM>their</EM> instead of <EM>his or her, or his/her</EM>.</STRONG></P> <P><STRONG><EM>Everyone left their own home/homes.<BR>Everybody is going to bring their wife/<STRIKE>wifes</STRIKE> wives along. </EM></STRONG></P> <P><STRONG><EM>At midnight they are going to get back to their home/homes.</EM></STRONG></P> <P><STRONG>As for the nouns, I think either the&nbsp;singular or plural noun can be used.</STRONG></P> <P><BR>&nbsp;</P><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/EveryoneLeftTheirHouseS/vqmmx/post.htm#416378Sun, 09 Sep 2007 17:24:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:416378Ant_2222http://www.englishforums.com/English/EveryoneLeftTheirHouseS/vqmmx/post.htm#416378http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-416378.xmlI thinks it should be singular because: "every one". <br /> <br />Like: &#171;Every citizen has left their house&#187;http://www.englishforums.com/English/EveryoneLeftTheirHouseS/vqmlz/post.htmSun, 09 Sep 2007 16:01:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:416352Kooyeen3http://www.englishforums.com/English/EveryoneLeftTheirHouseS/vqmlz/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-416352.xmlHi,<br>I've got a big problem. I know "someone", "anyone", etc. are singular, and everything is in the singular apart from "singular their". Example: "Someone left their scarf here." (not "scarfs", unless there is more than one)<br>But when there's "everyone", "everything", etc., is everything in the singular? Or are they seen as plural? <br>Example:<br><i><b>Everyone left their own home/homes.<br>Everybody is going to bring their wife/wifes along. At midnight they are going to get back to their home/homes.</b></i><br><br>Waht do natives do? Is it possible they use both the singular and the plural? Thanks <img src="/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile [:)]" /><br><br><div style="clear:both;"></div>