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Standard English ConventionsEasyVerb agreeing with everyone

Standard English Conventions practice question

Everyone on the team ____ to bring a water bottle to practice.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  1. A. needsCorrect
  2. B. need
  3. C. needing
  4. D. are needing

Answer: A. needs

Everyone is singular.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. need
Plural.
C. needing
Not a finite verb.
D. are needing
Plural, and the wrong sense.

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