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by nehakhas1 » Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:37 am
57. Each of Hemingway’s wives—Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh—were strong and interesting women, very different from the often pallid women who populate his novels.

(A) Each of Hemingway’s wives—Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh—were strong and interesting women,
(B) Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh—each of them Hemingway’s wives—were strong and interesting women,
(C) Hemingway’s wives—Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh—were all strong and interesting women,
(D) Strong and interesting women—Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh—each a wife of Hemingway, was
(E) Strong and interesting women—Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh—every one of Hemingway’s wives were

Ans C . I want too know can each be used with a generalized noun only ??
I mean Each of the apples , each of the student -and then naming would be wrong ??
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by scoobydooby » Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:46 am
each of x+verb=> each is singular subject and takes a singular verb
x each+verb=> each takes a plural verb

A and B wrongly use "were" with singular each.
D. awkward
E. every one is singular and wrongly takes plural "were"

C is best
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by r2kins » Thu Jul 08, 2010 4:31 pm
scoobydooby wrote: x each+verb=> each takes a plural verb
If this is true, shoouldnt option B be correct?
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by indiantiger » Thu Jul 08, 2010 4:39 pm
r2kins wrote:
scoobydooby wrote: x each+verb=> each takes a plural verb
If this is true, shoouldnt option B be correct?
Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh-each of them Hemingway'swives -were strong and interesting women,

The red portion does not make a lot of logical sense.

Correct me if I am wrong.
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by r2kins » Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:06 pm
indiantiger wrote:
r2kins wrote:
scoobydooby wrote: x each+verb=> each takes a plural verb
If this is true, shoouldnt option B be correct?
Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh-each of them Hemingway'swives -were strong and interesting women,

The red portion does not make a lot of logical sense.

Correct me if I am wrong.
I agree it doesn't make much sense, but thats what I am confused about. Is the rule mentioned correct? Can this rule be applied elsewhere?
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by raghavakumar85 » Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:29 pm
B is introducing unnecessary pronoun THEM, which is not required.

C is concise and satisfies all the subject-verb agreements!
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by Vorskl » Wed Mar 23, 2011 1:31 pm
The question makes no sense:

Hemingway's wives cannot refer to 'his novels', because Hemingway is not mention anywhere in the text! Instead, we are given a possesive noon.

I'd say if the choice D had contained 'were' instead of 'was', it would have been the correct answer.
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by Lasve » Tue May 01, 2012 2:14 am
Hemingway's wives cannot refer to 'his novels', because Hemingway is not mention anywhere in the text! Instead, we are given a possesive noon.
That was exactly my problem!

It seemed the "best" answer, but I thought it was a trap, since Hemingway itself is never mentioned!
That's why I chose
"D", Even if awkward it seemed the only one with no grammar errors!
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