writing style - Everybody knows that [...] VS Everyone knows that [...]



I was wondering if we should use one expression rather than the other?


For example the sentence could be:



Everybody knows that global warming is an important problem



Or



Everyone knows that global warming is an important problem



Which is better? Which is mostly used for reports?



Answer



I'd say, go with the tide:


enter image description here


(Google nGram)
Post-c1931, everybody is a loser, everyone gains.


Comments

Popular posts from this blog

verbs - "Baby is creeping" vs. "baby is crawling" in AmE

commas - Does this sentence have too many subjunctives?

time - English notation for hour, minutes and seconds

grammatical number - Use of lone apostrophe for plural?

etymology - Origin of "s--t eating grin"

etymology - Where does the phrase "doctored" originate?

word choice - Which is the correct spelling: “fairy” or “faerie”?