Each BOY of these boys is intelligent. (Is "BOY" correct to use here with pronoun?)

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Each BOY of these boys is intelligent. (Is "BOY" correct to use here with pronoun?)

This is not my homework.

I understand that -
Each boy is intelligent. (Each is acting as an adjective)
Each of these three boys is intelligent. (Each is acting as a pronoun.)

But, is it grammatical to use "boy" in the above sentence as given below?-
1-Each boy of these three boys is intelligent.

Also tell me, which of the following sentences are correct?
2-Each of the boys is intelligent.
3-Each of these boys is intelligent.
4-Each boy of the boys is intelligent.
5-Each boy of these boys is intelligent.
 

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Re: Each BOY of these boys is intelligent. (Is "BOY" correct to use here with pronoun

This is not my homework.

I understand that -
Each boy is intelligent. (Each is acting as an adjective)
Each of these three boys is intelligent. (Each is acting as a pronoun.)

But, is it grammatical to use "boy" in the above sentence as given below?-
1-Each boy of these three boys is intelligent.

Also tell me, which of the following sentences are correct?
2-Each of the boys is intelligent. :tick:
3-Each of these boys is intelligent. :tick:
4-Each boy of the boys is intelligent. :cross:
5-Each boy of these boys is intelligent. :cross:
The answer is no, sentence one is not grammatical.
 

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Re: Each BOY of these boys is intelligent. (Is "BOY" correct to use here with pronoun

You could however say "Each one of these boys..."
 

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Re: Each BOY of these boys is intelligent. (Is "BOY" correct to use here with pronoun

The answer is no, sentence one is not grammatical.

It's dreadful and cumbersome, but is it actually ungrammatical?
 

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Re: Each BOY of these boys is intelligent. (Is "BOY" correct to use here with pronoun

They are certainly grammatically correct but dreadful indeed. I managed to come up with a more horrendous version, though: Each boy of the boys is an intelligent boy, you got it, boy?
 
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