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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Hi
Each of you have a detonator.
or
Each of you has a detonator.
Shouldn't it be each of you have, since it's after you?
Please explain./
or
Each of you has a detonator.
Shouldn't it be each of you have, since it's after you?
Please explain./
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has '. The subject is 'Each', not 'you'. have' because many speakers do what you have done– been distracted by the proximity of 'you'– of will be actually facing the group of people when speaking.
- has '.
- The subject is 'Each', not 'you'.
- have' because many speakers do what you have done– been distracted by the proximity of 'you'– of will be actually facing the group of people when speaking.
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For formal writing, the correct grammar is 'Each...has'. The subject is 'Each', not 'you'. However, you will read and hear 'Each...have' because many speakers do what you have done– been distracted by the proximity of 'you'– of will be actually facing the group of people when speaking.
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