Distributive Adjectives

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There are four distributive adjectives in English: each, every, either and neither. Distributive adjectives are used with singular nouns and singular verbs.

Each candidate was interviewed by the HR manager. (NOT Each candidates were interviewed by the ...)
Each hand has five fingers.
Every man must do his duty.
There are long fields of rice on either side of the river.
Come on Tuesday or Wednesday. Either day is fine.
Neither boy is trustworthy.
Neither answer was correct.

Before a pronoun or a noun with a determiner (e.g. the, my, this), distributive adjectives are used with of.

Each of the candidates was interviewed by the HR manager. (NOT Each the candidate...) (NOT Each of the candidate...)
Every one of us must do our duty.
Either of the children is quite capable of looking after the dog.
Neither of the boys is dependable.

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Adjectives
Adjectives placed before nouns
Adjectives placed after verbs
Adjectives without Nouns
Adjectives: order before nouns
Kinds of Adjectives
Adjectives with and
Adjectives of quantity
Demonstrative adjectives
Adjectives of number or numeral adjectives

Distributive Adjectives

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