Usage of Each

[saurabhkhatri]

Hi,

The Manhattan GMAT says:

Each dog and cat has paws. So basically despite having the compound plural subject 'dog and cat' each refers to the individual elements. Agreed.

Each dog and each cat has/have paws.
But will you please explain the correct choice for the above sentence.

Is it that each dog and each cat together will form a compound subject and hence form a compound plural subject?

Thanks a lot for your help!

[saurabhkhatri]

Manhattan faculty humbly request you to please provide an answer to the above question.

[saurabhkhatri]

With my GMAT around the corner i would appreciate if someone took the time to answer the question i have posted.

Thanks

[tim]

with your GMAT around the corner you probably shouldn't have bumped your own thread repeatedly. every time you do that you push your question to the absolute back of the line. remember that we have office hours and private tutoring for the truly urgent questions; there are a lot of students using this free service, and when you post here, you have to accept the fact that it could take a while to get your answer..

you are right though that the "and" joining the two "each" statements creates a compound subject..