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Grammatically correct "Everyone else is walking around," but I feel like it should be "Everyone else ARE walking around," because everyone implies many people. Plural. (self.NoStupidQuestions)

submitted 8 months ago by LemmyKnowsBest to c/[email protected]

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I know we would never say things like "Everyone else are walking around,"

but maybe we should.

And in any situation in which a noun implies many people:

Like the word "family"

"My family is at Disneyland."

'My family ARE at Disneyland."

Ya see what I mean?

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[–] lemmefixdat4u 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's funny, huh? Everyone is here, but people are here. It's because "everyone" is a singular collective noun referring to a group. The same is true of "family", and it's proper use is, "My family is at Disneyland." The plural of family is "families", and "Families are at Disneyland."

"People" is the plural of person, so it's "People are..." and not "People is..." - unless you're referring to the word "people", like this sentence.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest 3 points 8 months ago

You sure hit the nail on the head! You get it. And you explained the differences well.