SKILL 13: AGREEMENT AFTER CERTAIN WORDS

         SKILL 13:        AGREEMENT AFTER     CERTAIN WORDS                              Certain words in English are always grammatically singular, even though they might have plural meanings.

Everybody in the theater are watching* the film attentively.

Even though we understand from this example that a lot of people are watching the film, Everybody is singular and requires a singular verb. The plural verb are watching should be changed to the singular verb is watching.