everyone はなぜ単数? Why Everyone Takes Is
名詞と数 Nouns & Number
everyone・everybody・someone・anybody・nobody は、意味は「みんな・誰か」でも文法は単数です(Everyone is here.)。every / some / no + one / body という作り=「1人」がベースだから。受ける代名詞は、現代では they が標準です(Everyone has their own opinion.)。
Everyone, everybody, someone, anybody, nobody — the meanings feel plural, but the grammar is singular: Everyone is here. Look at the build: every / some / no + one / body — a single person at the core. The pronoun that refers back, though, is now standardly they: Everyone has their own opinion.
作りを見れば単数と分かる
The Build Gives It Away
everyone は every + one、つまり「どの1人も」。everybody は every + body(体=人)。中身が「1人」なので、動詞は単数で受けます: Everybody knows this song. / Someone is at the door. every の項で見た「1人ずつ見渡す」目線が、そのまま代名詞に埋め込まれている形です。
Everyone is every + one — "any single one of them." Everybody is every + body, one person at a time. With a single person at the core, the verb goes singular: Everybody knows this song. Someone is at the door. It's the scanning gaze of every, baked right into a pronoun.
単数の証拠 The singular in action
Everyone is here. Let's start.
全員そろったね。始めよう。
「みんな」でも is。 "All of us" — yet is.
Someone has left their umbrella.
誰かが傘を忘れていった。
動詞は単数(has)、受ける代名詞は they/their が現代標準。 Singular verb (has); the pronoun back is standardly their.
Nobody was hurt.
けが人は出なかった。
nobody も単数。 Nobody is singular too.
everyone(単数)
1人ずつ見渡した「全員」。動詞は単数。 All of them, scanned one by one — singular verb.
Everyone was excited.
みんなわくわくしていた。
all of us(複数)
ひとまとめの「私たち全員」。動詞は複数。 The whole group in one sweep — plural verb.
All of us were excited.
私たちはみんなわくわくしていた。
よくある間違い Common Mistake
Everyone are happy with the result.
みんな結果に満足している。(のつもりで)
Everyone is happy with the result.
みんな結果に満足している。
意味の「みんな=複数」に引っ張られる定番ミスです。every + one =「どの1人も」という作りを思い出せば、単数の is が自然に出ます。someone・anybody・nobody も全部同じ理屈です。
The plural feel of "everyone" pulls hard — resist it by recalling the build: every + one, any single one. The is follows naturally. Someone, anybody, and nobody run on the same logic.
- everyone else 他のみんな 「自分以外の全員」。else はこの仲間(someone else 等)と好相性。 All the others — else loves this whole word family.
- Someone's at the door. 誰か来たよ。 someone is の縮約。日常の定番アナウンス。 Someone is, contracted — the household announcement.
- Nobody knows. 誰にも分からない。 nobody +単数動詞の最短例。歌のタイトルにも頻出。 Nobody + singular verb at its shortest — a song-title favorite.
- Anyone can join. 誰でも参加できる。 肯定文の any 系=「どの1人でも」。門戸開放の定番。 The any family in a positive — "any single person" — the open-door line.
まとめ Summary
- everyone・someone・nobody 系は単数扱い(is / has)。 The -one / -body family takes singular verbs.
- 作りは every / some / no +「1人」。だから単数。 The build is every / some / no + one person — hence singular.
- 受ける代名詞は they / their が現代標準。 The pronoun back is modern-standard they / their.
- 「ひとまとめ」で言いたければ all of us(複数)へ。 For the one-sweep feel, switch to all of us — plural.