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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Which of these sentences is grammatically correct?

1. "Each of the employees are authorized to attend the meeting."

2. "Not one of the employees were present at the meeting."

3. "All of the employees were present at the meeting."
  

Top answer

Each and one require a singular verb, which means that 1. and 2. are wrong.

  • Each and one require a singular verb, which means that 1.
  • and 2.
  • are wrong.
  • All can take a singula r or plural verb: All is well that ends well.
  • All are present.
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Each and one require a singular verb, which means that 1. and 2. are wrong. All can take a singular or plural verb:

All is well that ends well.
All are present.

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