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What is correct:

"…that enriches people's everyday life"

or

"…that enrich people's everyday life"

Thanks!

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That is a pronoun indicating a third person, as it were (i.e. not you or the person you are talking to). So you use the third person form of the verb. – Matt Эллен Jan 10 '12 at 15:36
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The conjugation of enrich can be plural or singular depending on what the thing is (he/she/it enriches or they enrich): Cake that enriches people's everyday life is awesome! or Cakes that enrich people's everyday life are awesome! – aedia λ Jan 10 '12 at 15:47
@aediaλ, that's true. I hadn't thought about it in such a way – Matt Эллен Jan 10 '12 at 15:49

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Both could be correct, depending on the subject. Is whatever is doing the enriching plural or singular? Either way your verb "to enrich" needs to match. If it's a singular noun, then the verb will need to be singular. If it's a plural noun, same thing.

Two examples:

"The internet is a technology that enriches people's everyday life."

Here technology is singular, thus you would use the form enriches.

What are some other examples of technologies that enrich people's everyday life?

In this sentence I used the plural of technology, technologies, so I use the verb form enrich to match.

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The first supposes that what went before is singular. The second supposes that what went before is plural.

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