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This sentence is from word of the day of Feb – 10.

(adverb) inevitably –inevitablemente–

Examples

1:Inevitablemente, Jordán se enfermó con catarro ya que todos en su oficina estaban enfermos. Inevitably, Jordán got sick with a cold since everyone in his office were sick.

The translation of English sentence would be as

Inevitably, Jordán got sick with a cold since everyone in his office “were” sick. Instead of “was” sick. Because sentence is plural form so obviously it is “were” only, instead of “was”. Hope you can understand with the help of estaba – was & estaban – were.

Please proceed your thoughts if you have any and correct me if i’m wrong. Thanks!! – Mohammed Shahtith

Everyone is singular! The Spanish is good though :-) - afowen, Apr 19, 2013

Answer 1

Everyone is singular. "Everyone was sick." You can shorten it to, "One was sick." ("Every," even though it's part of the word, acts kind of like an adjective in the compound word.)

"All of them" is plural. "All of them were sick." You can shorten it to, "All were sick," to see how it sounds, because all encompasses more than one thing.

I used to have long discussions with people in the UK because they would insist that, "Everyone in the family were sick," or, "The whole family were sick." Maybe this was just a regional thing in the area of Scotland I lived in for many years. They would also say, "He done that," instead of, "He did that." It drove me nuts!

Well said. Yes, confusion between did/done, saw/seen, went/gone, etc., is common in my neck of the woods as well. And yes, it drives me up the wall too! - brian5764, Apr 20, 2013

Findy, the use of capitals is considered yelling and is not used on SD. Please use bold or italitcs for emphasis! Great answer and information! - bandit51jd, Apr 20, 2013

Oops, sorry. I'll fix it. - Findy, Apr 20, 2013

So in spanish do we need to write estaba or estaban. Whcih is correct. - 8553148960, Apr 20, 2013