[Grammar] Usage of the word "each"

[ballest123]

I want to ask anyone that the following sentence

"Each man and each woman are/is " which is correct?

I want to know the pure grammar of this.

Anyone who knows please answers me and describe more detail.

Thank you in advance


Ps. If my usage of English Language is poor,please forgives me because I'm not used to using it.

 

[emsr2d2]

I want to ask anyone that the following sentence

"Each man and each woman are/is " which is correct?

I want to know the pure grammar of this.

Anyone who knows please answers me and describe more detail.

Thank you in advance


Ps. If my usage of English Language is poor,please forgives me because I'm not used to using it.

Welcome to the forum.

Can you post a whole sentence so that we can see what sort of thing you want to say which starts with "Each man and each woman is/are ..."?

 

[ballest123]

Welcome to the forum.

Can you post a whole sentence so that we can see what sort of thing you want to say which starts with "Each man and each woman is/are ..."?

OK I'm so sorry.

The whole sentence is "Each man and each woman ....... consider how to react to such an emergence."
a. have to
b. has to

Which is correct?

Thank you

 

[emsr2d2]

OK I'm so sorry.

The whole sentence is "Each man and each woman ....... consider how to react to such an emergence."
a. have to
b. has to

Which is correct?

Thank you

So you didn't want to know whether to use "is" or "are"!

That's a very wordy sentence. Is this a test question or did you write it? If you wrote it, it would be much easier to just say "Everyone ..." instead of "Each man and each woman" or are you talking about a specific set of people, such as "Each man and woman in this room ..."?

 

[ballest123]

So you didn't want to know whether to use "is" or "are"!

That's a very wordy sentence. Is this a test question or did you write it? If you wrote it, it would be much easier to just say "Everyone ..." instead of "Each man and each woman" or are you talking about a specific set of people, such as "Each man and woman in this room ..."?

It's a test question. I didn't write it.

But I just want to know which is correct in this case "have to or has to".

 

[emsr2d2]

Did you get it right or wrong when you did the test? If you have not yet submitted your answers for a test, we don't help you in advance. That is something you need to remember about this forum.

 

[ballest123]

OK Thank you for your suggestion.

 

[tzfujimino]

Hello, ballest123.:-D
Have you done the test yet?

 

[ballest123]

No I haven't

 

[emsr2d2]

Then please complete the test on your own, submit your answers and then later, when you have the results, look at them to see which ones you answered incorrectly. If you don't understand why your answer was incorrect (or you disagree with what you are told is the correct answer - it does happen occasionally), please come back to the forum and ask for our assistance.

A test is designed to find out what you know, not what we know.

Good luck with your test. :-D

 

[ballest123]

OK Thank you

But the question I asked above is not in the test question of the web.

I receive it from my exercise book. And In the book,it answer that "Each man and each woman has to consider how to react to such an emergence." is correct but I don't understand why it is correct.

Can anyone explain to me,please??

Thank you in advance.

 

[charliedeut]

Hi,

IMO, 'each' more or less equals 'every single'. So if you rephrase it (even if it's only for comprehension purposes) as 'Every single man and every siongle woman', maybe it will be easier to grasp.

charliedeut

 

[emsr2d2]

Or to make it even more simple, "each man and each woman" equates to "everyone". What would you write after "Everyone"?

 

[tzfujimino]

I've never read/heard "each man and each woman".
My guess was that the following verb should be plural.
However, if it had been "each man and woman", I would have guessed the verb should be singular.

 

[ballest123]

I've never read/heard "each man and each woman".
My guess was that the following verb should be plural.
However, if it had been "each man and woman", I would have guessed the verb should be singular.

Oh ! Really Thank you for your suggestion :-D

 

[tzfujimino]

Oh ! Really Thank you for your suggestion :-D

Hello, ballest123.:-D
Well, it's not really a suggestion. It's just my guess.
Have you found the answer to your question? (ems gave you some explanation in #13)

 

[Barb_D]

If you were trying to talk about couples, i.e., each [man and woman], a plural is possible. Without a context that suggests you are talking about couples, stick with ems's comment that it means "everyone" or "each person."