题目内容：

Everyone except Tom and John was there when the meetin began.
把 was 换成 were

优质解答

不可以.当句子主语是“A except B”时,谓语动词单复数要以A为主,在这里就是以Everyone 为主,同时Everyone 做主语,谓语动词要用单数,所以这里谓语动词用was.