Thom 🌈

[pallid sage]

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[subtle dawn]

do you mean what's the difference between tout and tous? the former is masculine singular, the latter is masculine plural

[random raven]

But why not tous les mondes?

[hallow vapor]

le monde is like a collective noun for people here. so tout le monde -> everybody

but there's not collective noun for days, so tous les jours -> all of the days

ultimately in both cases, tous agrees with what it's describing

[random raven]

For "everyone"?

[subtle dawn]

that just doesn't mean everyone

why don't we say "all people" instead of "everyone"

tous les mondes means all the worlds

tout le monde means everyone

it's a set phrase but it's no more a set phrase than everyone itself as a word

[random raven]

That makes sense. So it's a singular word for a collective group. So treat it like it's singular.

[hallow vapor]

yup

[random raven]

So like "the flock" is life a collective group. But there's only one flock. So it's singular.

That makes sense