Each, which refers to every person or thing individually, is grammatically singular. Use each before a singular noun followed by a singular verb. Each person is important. Each story is based on real events. When used alone as a pronoun, each is again singular. Each is based on real events. Each may appear after a plural ...

As a pronoun, each is considered singular, so it is traditionally paired with singular verbs. (Grammar Rules for Writers.) For instance, "each of the athletes" may indicate multiple athletes in the phrase, but "each" is a singular occurrence of those athletes.

If a prepositional phrase ends with a plural noun, you should use a plural verb form, but only when it follows one of these indefinite pronouns—all, any, more, most, or some. The word each should never be paired with the plural form of a verb. It’s always singular.

The word “each” refers to every one of two or more individuals or objects within a group. “Each” typically describes countable nouns (which you can represent in singular or plural form), rather than uncountable nouns (which cannot occur in plural form). The word can function as a distributive, pronoun, adjective, or adverb.

Under the traditional rule, the indefinite pronoun each is always singular and takes a singular verb. Thus: Each of the golfers wants to win the PGA. Each of us wishes for success. The Views of Usage Panels Some usage panels disagree. Consider this usage note on Dictionary.com: When the pronoun [ each] is followed by an of ...