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Everyone on both sides except the pitcher and me was injured in that g [#permalink] New post   31 Oct 2019, 22:25
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Everyone on both sides except the pitcher and me was injured in that game.

(A) except the pitcher and me was

(B) except the pitcher and me were

(C) except the pitcher and I was

(D) accept the pitcher and I were

(E) accept the pitcher and me was

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Re: Everyone on both sides except the pitcher and me was injured in that g [#permalink] New post   03 Nov 2019, 01:27
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The underlined portion contains no errors. The was is correctly used since Everyone is always considered to be singular. Everyone is an indefinite pronoun, of which there are three types. The pronouns of the first type are always singular: everyone, each, either, neither, someone, somebody, nobody, anyone, anybody, everybody, one, and no one.

Those of the second type are always plural: both, few, many, and several. Those of the third type may be singular or plural, depending on whether the noun to which they refer is singular or plural: some, more, most, and all (“some of the cake [singular] is . . .”; “some of the boys [plural] are . . .”).

In choice (C), I should be me because it is the object of except.

Choices (D) and (E) are both incorrect because accept is a verb, not a preposition (an error of diction).

The correct answer is (A).


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Re: Everyone on both sides except the pitcher and me was injured in that g [#permalink] New post   01 Nov 2019, 21:51
everybody needs singular verb hence was is correct
except Pitcher and "me" since we need objects.
Hence E
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Re: Everyone on both sides except the pitcher and me was injured in that g [#permalink] New post   01 Nov 2019, 22:54
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everybody needs singular verb hence was is correct
except Pitcher and "me" since we need objects.
Hence E

I guess accept doesn't make sense here. It must be A/B/C. Option B is out for SV agreement (Everyone was) Of A and C...to me C sounds more correct with "Ëveryone and I" instead of "Everyone and me"

IMO it should be C
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Everyone on both sides except the pitcher and me was injured in that g [#permalink] New post   03 Nov 2019, 01:50
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I need a little more explanation for this.

For example,
Next Sunday, you and I are going to watch a movie.
Next Sunday, you and I am going to watch a movie.
Next Sunday, you and me are going to watch a movie.


Another statement is
Danny bought new pencils for I and my brother.
Danny bought new pencils for me and my brother.

Can you explain which one is correct and why others are wrong.
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Re: Everyone on both sides except the pitcher and me was injured in that g [#permalink] New post   13 Nov 2019, 10:57
SajjadAhmad wrote:
Everyone on both sides except the pitcher and me was injured in that game.

(A) except the pitcher and me was

(B) except the pitcher and me were

(C) except the pitcher and I was

(D) accept the pitcher and I were

(E) accept the pitcher and me was

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GMATNinja Could you explain why A is correct. I selected C, as "I was injured" is used instead of "me was injured".
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Re: Everyone on both sides except the pitcher and me was injured in that g [#permalink] New post   21 Sep 2020, 12:09
eGMAT states all Pronoun Ending in One, Body , Thing , Ever are generally Singular.....

Hence, (A) is correct in every respect !!!
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Re: Everyone on both sides except the pitcher and me was injured in that g [#permalink] New post   22 Sep 2020, 02:58
gvij2017 wrote:
I need a little more explanation for this.

For example,
Next Sunday, you and I are going to watch a movie.
Next Sunday, you and I am going to watch a movie.
Next Sunday, you and me are going to watch a movie.


Another statement is
Danny bought new pencils for I and my brother.
Danny bought new pencils for me and my brother.

Can you explain which one is correct and why others are wrong.


In the first example, option A is correct. Here 'You and the first person' act as subjects. Hence using the object form of I (me) would be wrong here. Option 2 is also incorrect because of 'am'

In the second example, option 2 is correct. This is because Danny is the subject of the sentence and 'speaker and his brother' are the objects.
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