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---
id: 657dc50830f9be380105f1ee
title: Task 97
challengeType: 19
dashedName: task-97
---
# --description--
In English, the verb `know` is conjugated to `knows` when the subject is singular and in third person.
`Everyone` refers to a group but it is treated as a singular noun, that's why in English the correct form is `everyone knows`.
# --questions--
## --text--
Why is the verb `know` used as `knows` after `everyone`?
## --answers--
Because `everyone` is considered a plural noun.
### --feedback--
`Everyone` sounds plural but grammatically functions as a singular noun.
---
Because `everyone` is considered a singular noun.
---
Because the subject of the sentence is plural.
### --feedback--
Even though `team members` is plural, `everyone` is the subject here.
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Because it is referring to team members in the past tense.
### --feedback--
The tense of the verb is present, not past, as indicated by the context of the sentence.
## --video-solution--
2
# --scene--
```json
{
"setup": {
"background": "company2-center.png",
"characters": [
{
"character": "Sophie",
"position": {"x":50,"y":0,"z":1.4},
"opacity": 0
}
],
"audio": {
"filename": "1.3-4.mp3",
"startTime": 1,
"startTimestamp": 36.06,
"finishTimestamp": 39.78
}
},
"commands": [
{
"character": "Sophie",
"opacity": 1,
"startTime": 0
},
{
"character": "Sophie",
"startTime": 1,
"finishTime": 4.72,
"dialogue": {
"text": "All the team members have a chance to speak, so everyone knows what the others are doing.",
"align": "center"
}
},
{
"character": "Sophie",
"opacity": 0,
"startTime": 5.22
}
]
}
```