indefinite pronoun + singular verb – English Grammar Profiler

In the English Grammar Profile, B2 point 92 in the category of PRONOUNS is defined as:

full range of indefinite pronouns as subjects, with a singular verb.

A search inWeb corpus for: . nothing|everybody|everywhere|anything _v

*Not all the results are singular verbs.

And PELIC B2 student examples:

1 . NOTHING IS 18676

Chinese, Male, level 4, writing class

We can lie on the meadow and breathed fresh air. Nothing is better than this.

2 . NOTHING WAS 5290 3 . NOTHING CAN 5274 4 . NOTHING COULD 4771 5 . NOTHING HAS 4506 6 . NOTHING WILL 3885

7 . EVERYBODY IS 3852

8 . EVERYBODY HAS 3101

Arabic, Male, level 4, writing class

Everybody has some problems in their life, so when they take a rest and go somewhere and forget everything in their life.

*Also notice the B2 generic determiner at the end of the clauses.

9 . EVERYBODY KNOWS 2750
10 . NOTHING BEATS 2485

But nothing beats two cheeseburgers with secret sauce.

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Further collocates:

1 FEELING 348 2 REAL 311 3 FRESH 304 4  SEEING 203

5  CLASSIC 147

11 . EVERYBODY WAS 2272
12 . NOTHING SAYS 1772

Nothing says you‘re working hard more than Lamaze class at noon on a Wednesday, E.
Thanks for nothing.

Entourage

13 . ANYTHING CAN 1700
14 . NOTHING CONTAINED 1601

15 . ANYTHING IS 1593

Forbes Anything Is Possible With Lifelong Learning.

16 . NOTHING MAKES 1521 17 . NOTHING HAPPENS 1486 18 . EVERYBODY WANTS 1401 19 . NOTHING HAPPENED 1386

20 . NOTHING SEEMS 1377

21 . NOTHING WOULD 1209 22 . NOTHING WORKED 1155 23 . EVERYBODY LOVES 990 24 . NOTHING WORKS 954 25 . NOTHING GETS 839 26 . EVERYBODY CAN 747

27 . NOTHING COMPARES 704

28 . NOTHING SHOULD 694 29 . ANYTHING GOES 691 30 . NOTHING SEEMED 683 31 . NOTHING COMES 672 32 . EVERYBODY WINS 654 33 . EVERYBODY SHOULD 626 34 . NOTHING CAME 578 35 . EVERYBODY NEEDS 572 36 . NOTHING CHANGES 563 37 . EVERYBODY HAD 549 38 . EVERYBODY WILL 544 39 . EVERYBODY KNEW 518 40 . EVERYBODY GETS 516 41 . NOTHING CHANGED 504 42 . NOTHING HAD 497 43 . NOTHING FEELS 470 44 . EVERYBODY DOES 431 45 . ANYTHING COULD 409 46 . EVERYBODY LIKES 382 47 . EVERYBODY THINKS 374

48 . EVERYBODY SEEMS 336

Everybody seems to be in on it.

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49 . NOTHING LOOKS 334 50 . EVERYBODY LOVED 330 51 . NOTHING HELPS 325 52 . EVERYBODY SAYS 324 53 . NOTHING GOES 322 54 . NOTHING HELPED 313

55 . NOTHING LASTS 291

56 . ANYTHING WILL 288 57 . EVERYBODY WANTED 279 58 . EVERYBODY WOULD 263 59 . NOTHING BRINGS 244 60 . NOTHING SHOWS 242 61 . EVERYBODY GOT 238 62 . NOTHING KILLS 238 63 . NOTHING GIVES 235 64 . ANYTHING WOULD 227 65 . NOTHING MADE 220 66 . EVERYBODY THOUGHT 219

67 . NOTHING SCREAMS 212

68 . NOTHING RUINS 209 69 . EVERYBODY SAID 205 70 . NOTHING LEFT 205 71 . NOTHING MATTERS 201 72 . NOTHING STOPS 197 73 . EVERYWHERE IS 192 74 . NOTHING NEEDS 187 75 . EVERYBODY MAKES 184

76 . NOTHING REMAINS 181

77 . ANYTHING LEFT 178

78 . NOTHING PREVENTS 171

79 . EVERYBODY GOES 170 80 . EVERYBODY TALKS 162 81 . NOTHING STANDS 161 82 . NOTHING DOES 159 83 . NOTHING FANCY 157 84 . NOTHING SHALL 157 85 . NOTHING STAYS 146 86 . NOTHING TAKES 145 87 . EVERYBODY LOOKS 143 88 . NOTHING VENTURED 141

89 . NOTHING TASTES 140

90 . ANYTHING INVOLVING 136

91 . NOTHING EXISTS 136

92 . NOTHING TURNS 135 93 . NOTHING WENT 130 94 . ANYTHING RELATED 128

95 . NOTHING STICKS 127

96 . NOTHING APPEARS 126 97 . ANYTHING MADE 125 98 . NOTHING MOVES 125 99 . NOTHING GOT 121

100 . EVERYBODY COULD 118

PELIC OTHER:

Turkish, Male, level 5, writing class

When we arrived [at] the peak, it was amazing. Everywhere was so fascinating. The nature was perfect.

B1 vocabulary:

appears, beats, compares, contained, exists, fancy, involving, lasts, prevents, remains, ruins, screams, seemed, seems, sticks, tastes