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Hi, I'd say " everybody/everyone does " and " everybody/everyone is ". From The Columbia Guide to Standard American English :

Thanks Jim, I understand, even though it seems kind of complicated to me. Also because I noticed this strange thing: CalifJim wrote: The discussion above covers most of this. which is more often used than who in AmE, and what the team, audience, etc. is/are actually doing may influence the...

Ms. Birch has been working for the Internet provider which is now involved in a case of leaking customer information. Lcchang asks: Can I use 'who' instead of 'which' if I view the Internet provider as 'people' ? I was thinking of the Internet provider as a company. That's why I said...

Hi, I know in American English collective nouns are treated as singular, so I say: The team is working , and not The team are working, The group is playing , and not The group are playing. The problem is that I've never considered the possibility of saying "a team OF", so I really don't know...

1. Use of present perfect tense and simple past tense Speakers of American English generally use the present perfect tense (have/has + past participle) far less than speakers of British English. In spoken American English it is very common to use the simple past tense as an alternative in...

You are quite definitely right. British Coal is a firm and as such is singular so obviously the verb should be singular. You should always use a singular verb with a collective noun. No-one would dream of writing The Bank of England are increasing the rate of interest. At least, I hope no-one...