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Question 38

Which sentence correctly distinguishes a preceding distributive from postpositive each?

  1. Every cupboard and drawer have a brass label.
  2. Each chef and each server wear a clean apron.
  3. The chef and the server each wears a clean apron.
  4. Every cupboard and drawer has a brass label.Correct answer

Explanation

Every cupboard and drawer has a brass label uses singular agreement because every precedes the coordinated singular nominals. The postpositive each in the chef-and-server sentence leaves that subject plural, while have and wear wrongly ignore preceding distributive determiners.

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