Cristian Abarzua from Chile writes: Why is it that words such as everybody are followed by the verb in the singular, e.g. Everybody needs some fun ... Is it singular or plural: All is finished ...

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Unfortunately, there are some exceptions to this rule ... about subject-verb agreement because you can conjugate most regular past tense verbs to the singular or plural by adding an -ed to the end of ...

Most verbs follow the same pattern as this verb. Singular (one person or thing) Plural (more than one person or thing) Look at the verb next to ‘she, he, it’ in the table: plays. This has the ...