A Misused Plural

rogersgeorge on June 8th, 2024

You can refer to a whole group at once, or refer to it a part at a time. Those two usages require different words. Second panel:

https://www.gocomics.com/meaningoflila/2024/05/01

“Everyone” refers to the whole group. I’m pretty sure she meant “anyone,” which refers to all the individuals in the department. I suppose in the third panel the speaker can get away with using “everyone.”

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