Dictionary of English - each

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In traditional standard English, the pronoun each is used with a singular verb and singular pronouns: Each has made his own decision.

As with other indefinite pronouns, which could refer to either a man or a woman, there is a tendency in present-day English to use a plural verb and pronouns with it (see they/their/theirs). But the conjunction of each and have in Each have made their own decision is inelegant, and the use of a singular verb and a plural pronoun in Each has made their own decision is scarcely better, so it is preferable to avoid this construction altogether by using an of phrase: Each of them have made their own decision.

When each comes after a plural noun or pronoun, it takes a plural verb: They each have their own way of doing it.

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