• Everybody (US/British)

    From Roy Witt@1:387/22 to alexander koryagin on Fri Jul 6 22:01:02 2018
    Greetings alexander!

    I've somehow forgotten the difference when we use "everybody"
    speaking in the US and British English.

    IMHO it is the US variant:
    "Everybody comes here! Everybody comes to me! We'll go back!"

    You've setup two variations that mean different things.

    In the above, "Everybody comes here" or "to me" means that everybody goes
    to or comes to the person making the statement. As in a business sense
    where the only place to get a certain consumer item might indicate that no
    one else has. "Everybody comes here to buy coffee beans."

    This is British:
    "Everybody come here! Everybody come to me! We'll go back!"

    In the 2nd variation; "Everybody come here!" or "to me!" is a request for everyone to gather around the person saying "Everybody come here!"... Like
    a football coach telling his squad of players to 'gather around'...

    Or the second variant is good for both the US and the UK?

    English is English, no matter where it is used.


    Have a day!

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  • From Roy Witt@1:387/22 to mark lewis on Fri Jul 6 22:01:02 2018
    Greetings mark!


    On Wed, 12 Nov 2014, alexander koryagin wrote to All:

    This is British:
    "Everybody come here! Everybody come to me! We'll go back!"

    this is proper...

    What's proper about it?

    It merely indicates a completely different scenario from the text.

    the other one is... ummm... not right at all...

    When someone is the only person who has a certain product (i.e. the only source), everybody or everyone comes to them to 'go back' to wherever they started.

    you can also use "everyone" in this case... it is probably better...

    According to Hoyle?

    Have a day!

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