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subject verb confusion

by sachindia » Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:26 am
A)The sweater and skirt each have their own hanger.

B)The sweater and skirt each has their own hanger.

which between above 2 is correct and why?

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by anuprajan5 » Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:40 am
The answer would be the second sentence and the reason for that would be that each is a singular pronoun.

Plus each is the subject here.

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by sachindia » Sat Sep 29, 2012 7:24 pm
A)The sweater and skirt each have their own hanger.

I think it should be this as if you replace sweater and skirt by they,
it would be
They each have their own hanger.
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