Should it be everyone's, everyones' or everyones? Joe got everyone's attention and started to speak. Would the noun following everyone's be plural?
The indefinite pronoun 'everyone' is a singular pronoun. 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.
Are the words everyone and everybody singular or plural? The possessive form is everyone's (the form everyones' is incorrect).example: In my experience, the spelling checkers get confused by contractions. The expression commonly used in both the affirmative and negative.
An example would be it flew over everyone's heads, or it flew over everyone's head. The indefinite pronoun 'everyone' is a singular pronoun that takes a singular verb.examples: Everyone who is coming will receive a gift. What would be correct in this case and why?
The possessive of everyone is everyone's, in the same way the possessive of everybody is everybody's. In fact, to catch someone's eye is an idiom, not eyes. the question is not about everyone being singular or plural. There is a comprehensive article on the topic on grammar girl: Your deduction, that not everybody's cup of tea means not to everyone's liking, is absolutely correct.