each woman or each women ?

[kalkin7]

I've read a short story recently.

It contains a following sentence.

"Cut the baby in half, and give half to each women."

I've studied that only singular nouns can come after 'each'.

My knowledge is wrong?

[pyoung]

Dear kalkin:

You are correct.

The sentence should read, '...give half to each woman.' Alternatively, it could be: '...give half to each of the women.'

I hope this is helpful,

Petra