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Why "People" use "are" but "Everything" use "is" ?

Khoo
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    Why? Well, language is arbitrary sometimes. Everything is a singular pronoun and people is a plural noun. – Helmar Oct 02 '16 at 13:01
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    You question would make more sense if you compared "people" to "everybody", not "everything". Whereas "people" refers to persons collectivelly, everybody refers to persons individually. – Centaurus Oct 02 '16 at 13:03

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People is the plural of person, so you would use "are" However, Everything doesn't have a singular form or a plural form, we use "is".

Also, when we say everything, we are referring to singular objects in a group, which is why we say "where ARE all the things" but "where IS everything"

Voldemort
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