Singular or plural

[hector51]

the students each have to write a report.

"each" here imply each students,so why does it take plural verb in this sentence?(this is the correct sentence according to my English teacher)

thx in advance.

[retro]

the students each have to write a report.
"each" here imply each students,so why does it take plural verb in this sentence?(this is the correct sentence according to my English teacher)
thx in advance.

When each is used after a plural subject, it has a plural verb (Ex: We each have our own car), whereas it is used in front of a singular noun, it's followed by a singular verb.

Ex:Each student has to write a report.

[MikeNewYork]

the students each have to write a report.

"each" here imply each students,so why does it take plural verb in this sentence?(this is the correct sentence according to my English teacher)

thx in advance.

The core sentence is "The students have to write a report."

"Each" is included to clarify that one report per student is expected rather than one report done by all the students.