He/She/It das "s" muss mit

[nate]

I have a question about the Simple Present.
You have to attach a "s" on verbs but my question is how it is if you open a sentence with these kinds of words "everyone, everybody, all things..."

e.g.

"All things seems to be fine"

or

"Everyone seems to be fine"

Have you to write the s? Why not/Why have you to?

By the way have you to write "these kinds of words" or "these kind of words" ?

Thank you very much.
I am looking forward to hearing from you.

[tiorthan]

I have a question about the Simple Present.
You have to attach a "s" to verbs but my question is: what[sub]1[/sub] if you start a sentence with these kinds of words "everyone, everybody, all things..."

e.g.

"All things seem to be fine"

or

"Everyone seems to be fine"

Do you have[sub]2[/sub] to write the s? Why not/Why have you to?

By the way do you have2 to write "these kinds of words" or "these kind of words" ?

Thank you very much.
I am looking forward to hearing from you.

1 - "how it is" while technically a valid English construction cannot be used in this instance. It could be used in phrases like "describe how it is" or similar but not as a replacement for "what if".
Obwohl "how it is" technisch gesehen eine korrekte Englische Formulierung ist, kann sie hier nicht verwendet werden. Es könnte in Phrasen wie "describe how it is" (= Beschreibe wie es ist, also sinngemäß: beschreibe die Realität) verwendet werden, aber nicht als Ersatz für "what if" (= was ist wenn)

2 - In English a question must contain an auxiliary. Be careful though, all modal verbs are auxiliaries (must, may, can, etc.) but the modal constructions "have to ...", "want to ...", "need to ..." are no modal verbs. The verbs "have", "want" and "need" are regular verbs in these phrases. That's why an auxiliary has to be introduced in the question, and since all other auxiliaries would be confusing, the only one left is "do".
Im Englischen muss eine Frage immer ein Hilfsverb enthalten Aber man muss vorsichtig sein, die Modalverben sind alle Hilfsverben (must, may, can, usw.) aber die Modalkonstruktionen "have to ...", "want to ..." und "need to ..." sind keine Modalverben. Die Verben "have", "want" und "need" sind in diesen Phrasen Vollverben. Deshalb muss in der Frage ein Hilfsverb eingeführt werden, und da alle anderen Hilfsverben hier Verwirrung stiften würden bleibt nur "do" übrig.

The explanation is quite simple. If the Subject of a sentence could be replaced by he, she or it the verb takes the -s ending.

If you have trouble deciding whether or not one the subject is "he", "she" or "it" or something else answer the following two questions:
- Is the subject a singular word?
- Is the subject not "I" nor "you"?

If you answer both questions affirmatively, you have to use -s.

Let's try that on your example sentences:

"All things seem/s? to be fine"
- Is the subject a singular word? - No it isn't, "all things" is a plural subject (because of things = plural of thing).
You've answered "No" to the first question -> You don't need an -s: "All things seem to be fine."

"Everyone seems to be fine"
- Is the subject a singular word? - Yes it is, "everone", "everybody", "everything", "anyone", "anybody" and "anything" are singular words because what they really mean is "any or every one/thing/body individually".
- Is the subject not "I" nor "you"? - It obviously is neither "I" nor "you" so the answer is: Yes.
Since both questions apply here, you need an -s: "Everyone seems to be fine."

[nate]

Thank you very much for your correction of my text. You was a great help and your explaining helps me a lot.

[tiorthan]

Thank you very much for your correction of my text. You were a great help and your explanation helps me a lot.

"your explaining" bedetuet so viel wie "dein Erklären", bezieht sich also auf die Tätigkeit des Erklärens und nicht auf die daraus resultierende Erklärung. Letztere ist es jedoch, die hier wichtig ist.