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subject verb agreement

by jsl » Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:42 am
which is correct:

Each of the laws is filed in the official records of Congress.

or...

Each of the laws are filed in the official records of Congress.

I usually say the latter but is the former correct as "Each of the laws" is the subject?
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by sulabh » Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:46 am
Yes th former is right.
EACH- "the subject of a sentence beginning with each is grammatically singular".
But there is another rule which says that: When each follows a plural subject, the verb and subsequent
pronouns remain in the plural: e.g. the apartments each have their own private entrances (not has its own private entrance)
1. Three cats each eat ...
2. Three cats, each of which eats ...,
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