Accordance with the subject
If the subject is 'nobody', how should be the verb? Singular or plural?
Nobody believes or Nobody believe ???
Everybody do
Everyone does
Could you give me some other examples, please?
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The 3rd person singular verb forms goes with the word everybody/everyone,
Everybody eats
everyone speaks etc
and the same for nobody
Nobody learns
Nobody wants
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The subject is singular in this case. They are indefinite pronouns that end in "---body", "---thing", or "---one"
Nobody believes.
Everybody does.
Anybody can do it.
Somebody is in trouble.
Everything is pretty.
Nothing is right.
Something is wrong
No one wants it.
Someone is cutting down the tree.
Everyone is coming.
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thank you!!!
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The indefinite pronouns anyone, everyone, someone, no one, nobody are always singular and, therefore, require singular verbs.
Nobody believes is correct.
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