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1. 1
   every individualdeterminer

   Used before a singular noun to refer to every member of a group taken separately.

   Each child received a prize.

   Check each page before you sign.

   UsageTakes a singular noun and verb: each child has a desk (not incorrect: each children). Fine for two: each hand.

   Similarevery

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   pronoun

   Every one or thing individually, one by one ('I'm going to give each of you a chance', 'from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs').

   Each of the rooms has a view of the sea.

   The twins are alike, but each has her own style.

   UsageEach of the/my/these + plural noun, then a singular verb: each of the rooms has a view.

   Note

   The determiner standing without its noun, either followed by of (each of you, each of the rooms) or entirely alone (to each according to his needs). It differs from the determiner only in having absorbed its noun. Source

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   • The quoted fragment accurately reproduces the closing words of the maxim. marxists.org
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   apieceadverb

   For, to or by every member of a group separately; apiece.

   We paid twenty euros each for the meal.

   Give them two biscuits each.

   UsageFollows the amount: twenty euros each. Apiece fits the same slot; per goes before the item.

   Similarapiece

   Note

   The same adverb also follows a plural subject, as in we each paid, where it spreads a verb across the members of a group rather than a price across items.

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