1.Each of the houses has a balcony
2.Each of the houses have a balcony
2006-09-07 02:47:15 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
1. Each is the subject of the sentence and is considered a singular.
2006-09-07 02:53:50 · answer #1 · answered by SPLATT 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2006-09-10 10:12:43 · answer #2 · answered by lady love 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-07 07:13:43 · answer #3 · answered by lmkpink911 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-07 02:49:06 · answer #4 · answered by letta g 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
#1. Simplify the sentence. Each house has a balcony. It's the same as saying Each of the houses has a balcony.
2006-09-07 03:01:51 · answer #5 · answered by Kelli550 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct sentence is:-
Each of the houses has a balcony
2006-09-07 02:51:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first, because the subject "Each of the houses" describes one house at a time. It's a singular subject.
If you said "All the houses," the second would be correct, because the subject is the collective plural.
I will say, though, that "Each of the houses" is a little awkward, since you expect "houses" to be followed by a plural in a standard construction. I would just change it to "Each house has a balcony" which is not only cleaner, but shorter.
2006-09-07 02:51:16 · answer #7 · answered by rorgg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Each of the houses has a balcony
2006-09-07 02:50:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Each of the houses has a balcony
2006-09-07 02:49:53 · answer #9 · answered by RayRay 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Number 1.
Number 2 would be correct IF you saying "ALL of the houses" have a balcony (instead of "each of the houses"). "Each" is singular, requiring "has," and "all" is plural, requiring "have."
I believe, however, that you should say "each house has a balcony", instead of "each of the houses has a balcony." But I'm not certain whether "of the houses" would actually be considered improper or merely unnecessary.
2006-09-07 02:48:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Of the houses" is a prepositional phrase, not the subject of the sentence. Subject and verb must always agree -- a singular subject takes a singular verb. The subject of this sentence is "Each", which is singular. (These houses are being considered individually.) Each one HAS a balcony. Of course this means they all HAVE balconies, but that's a different sentence....The first is correct.
2006-09-07 04:50:24 · answer #11 · answered by mimi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋