Is it wish or wishes?

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Which is correct? Everyone here at xyz wish you a happy holiday or everyone here at xyz wishes you a happy holiday?

Each and every are singular, but all is plural. Some, any, and none can be either, depending. — John Lawler, Dec 17 '18 at 16:42

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 17 '18 at 22:41

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It´s "wishes", since it is in third person (Everyone), so the correct way to say it is: Everyone here at xyz wishes you a happy holiday.

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SUFFIX
1 Forming the third person singular of the present tense in verbs ending in sibilant sounds.
‘pushes’
2 Forming the third person singular of the present tense in verbs ending in -o (but not -oo) ‘goes’

So either way with the subject being "everyone" it is only correct to use "wishes" (verb)

Source from Oxford Dictionaries!

edited Dec 17 '18 at 22:41

K J

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answered Dec 17 '18 at 15:30

Carpan

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Good job for adding a source, but the quote is not very legible. Try using "> " and looking at the preview at the bottom of the page before posting. ;) – A Lambent Eye Dec 17 '18 at 15:43

A Lambent Eye · Answer 2 · 2018-12-17T19:55:10.123

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It should be either

Everyone (here at ...) wishes you [...]

since "everyone" is 3rd person singular, or

We (at ...) wish you [...]

since "we" is 1st person plural.

edited Dec 17 '18 at 19:55

answered Dec 17 '18 at 15:23

A Lambent Eye

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Not sure why this answer was down-voted. Perhaps the “1nd”. Change it to 1st and perhaps you’ll have better luck. – David Dec 17 '18 at 19:53
@David Not sure here either, but thanks for pointing it out! – A Lambent Eye Dec 17 '18 at 19:55

Is it wish or wishes?

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