Each of them are

Yes, grammatically it should read 'each of them is' or 'all of them are'. Mathematicians are not the best writers.

'Each of them are hybrid methods' sounds less formal, but both variants are correct. You may as well see a slight difference in the meaning: 'Each of them is a hybrid method = Every method is a hybrid one' and 'Each of them are hybrid methods = All of them are hybrid methods'.

No, sorry, both variants are not correct.
It has nothing to do with formality or meaning.

Each is singular and takes a singular verb. Period. End of story.

The writer has gone astray because in English the verb nearly always follows immediately after the subject. In this case, the pronoun closest to the verb-them-is plural, so the writer has made the mistake of th

Hello, Andelie-- and welcome to English Forums.

Could you please supply us with an authoritative reference for 'each of them are' being 'less formal but correct'? As far as I know, 'each are' is not yet acceptable.

Dear Mister Micawber,

I believe the only time we can use the structure 'each are' is when we place a plural object before each as in "They each are ..."

In the case I questioned earlier, I believe that 'Each' is the subject of the sentence; thus, the verb has to be singular.

I thank you for your support.
VUSHCM

Hello!

I wrote it basing on my experience with Americans, who used 'are' very often. Maybe it was wrong of me to say 'less formal'. What one often hears, is not always correct (like 'We don't need no education

Oh, I think that's about right-- it's just a matter of where you try to use the 'informal' form. In conversation, of course many native speakers do-- me, too, I think. Proximal concord ('...us have...') is a strong draw in the spoken word, which emerges linearly from our mouths.

But for business letters, formal speeches, essays and reports: 'too informal'.

(By the way, the wor

Mister MicawberMathematicians are not the best writers

I see that the question has

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Mister MicawberMathematicians are not the best writers

I see that the question has been more than adequately answered. I can't contribute anything more than a smiley after the comment about mathematicians and English.

And why are you laughing?

As an American EFL teacher, I would say that it has to be "is," but a popular (British) text, face2face, says both forms are acceptable ( reference material, p. 137 of the upper intermediate book), though in the chapter on neither, both, any etc., only the plural form is sued.