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Old 05-13-2012, 06:53 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib View Post
'Each' is singular.

'of these commands' is (I believe) a prepositional phrase. A prepositional phrase will never contain the subject of a sentence. One can mentally remove it.

The result:

'Each is given.'

This leaves a singular subject with the attendant singular verb.



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That is what I was thinking, but "are" sounds more right. I think the "s" in commands is probably causing the "sounds right" check to fail.
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