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Which one is right? Why? Everyone is doing their job. Everyone is doing their jobs.
2020년 4월 19일 오전 6:36
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Yes of course, we have to understand this sentence looking at the context, so there is a clue the possessive adjective"their" which always takes a plural noun, so the second is better to use in this situation.
2020년 4월 19일
Amanda is correct. It depends on the context. in the first sentence "Everyone" is treated as a group of people where you may not know who they are. It is more like an uncountable noun. "Everyone alive today either has or had a mother." In the second sentence "Everyone" is treated as a small group of people that can be listed; It is a countable noun. "Jane, Bobby, Frank, Sue, Walter, and Sarah are doing their jobs."
2020년 4월 19일
It depends on the context. 'their job' (singular) to refer to their paid employment or generally doing what they're supposed to. Everyone is doing their job from home these days. 'their jobs' (plural) if referring to a list of things to do. For instance, children in a family all have a list of chores they have to do on the weekend. The mother says to one of them, "Why are you sitting around watching TV? Everyone is doing their jobs." I would say the first one is what you would hear/use most often.
2020년 4월 19일
Everyone is doing their jobs.
2020년 4월 19일
The second one.
2020년 4월 19일
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