curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-conversation-starters-in-the-break-room/657dc50830f9be380105f1ee.md
The verb know is conjugated to knows when the subject is singular and in third person.
Everyone refers to a group but it is treated as a singular noun, that's why the correct form is everyone knows.
Why is the verb know used as knows after everyone?
Because everyone is considered a plural noun.
Everyone sounds plural but grammatically functions as a singular noun.
Because everyone is considered a singular noun.
Because the subject of the sentence is plural.
Even though team members is plural, everyone is the subject here.
Because it is referring to team members in the past tense.
The tense of the verb is present, not past, as indicated by the context of the sentence.
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