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