I have the following sentence: Unless of course you’re a buddhist or a cat, in which case everyone has multiple lives and both would be correct, depending on context. In fact, to catch someone's eye is an idiom, not eyes. the question is not about everyone being singular or plural.
What would be correct in this case and why? Everyone who is coming will receive a gift. The indefinite pronoun 'everyone' is a singular pronoun.
Are the words everyone and everybody singular or plural? Should it be everyone's, everyones' or everyones? The expression commonly used in both the affirmative and negative. May i have everyone's attention,.
An example would be it flew over everyone's heads, or it flew over everyone's head. The possessive form is everyone's (the form everyones' is incorrect).example: There is a comprehensive article on the topic on grammar girl: In my experience, the spelling checkers get confused by contractions.
Would the noun following everyone's be plural? There are actually two issues concerning this topic: Joe got everyone's attention and started to speak. Your deduction, that not everybody's cup of tea means not to everyone's liking, is absolutely correct.