- 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.’
- Look at the pictures and answer the questions about each one.
- 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.
Grammar Point each / everyeach / every- Each is used before a singular noun and is followed by a singular verb:
- Each student has been given his or her own email address.
- Each student has been given their own email address.
- When each is used after a plural subject, it has a plural verb:
- They each have their own email 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.
Word OriginOld English ǣlc; related to Dutch elk and German jeglich, based on a West Germanic phrase meaning ‘ever alike’ (see alike).
Idioms
See each in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee each in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englisheach and every
- (used for emphasis) every single one
- I look forward to seeing each and every one of you as we celebrate our 50th year.
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