Pronouns – Is ‘Everyone’ Singular or Plural?

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Which is correct?

Everyone were convinced that he would go to the game.
Everyone was convinced that he would go to the game.

I think it's "was", because "everyone" is singular, but I just wanted to check.

Best Answer

Everyone agrees that everyone is singular and therefore singular verb forms agree with everyone.

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