each

Universal Words determiner, pronoun used to refer to every one of two or more people or things, when you are thinking about them separately: Each answer is worth 20 points. * Each of the answers is worth 20 points. * The answers are worth 20 points each. * 'Red or blue?' 'I'll take one of each, please.' * We each have our own car. * There aren't enough books for everyone to have one each. * They lost $40 each. * Each day that passed he grew more and more desperate. ______________________________ GRAMMARPOINT each / every Each is used in front of a singular noun and is followed by a singular verb: Each student has been given his or her own e-mail address. The use of his or her sometimes sounds slightly formal and it is becoming more common to use the plural pronoun their: Each student has been given their own e-mail address. When each is used after a plural subject, it has a plural verb: They each have their own e-mail address. Every is always followed by a singular verb: Every student in the class is capable of passing the exam. Each of, each one of and every one of are followed by a plural noun or pronoun, but the verb is usually singular: Each (one) of the houses was slightly different. * I bought a dozen eggs and every one of them was bad. A plural verb is more informal. ______________________________