OFTEN in our English-language readings, we come across sentences that have certain words evidently missing yet surprisingly read right and sound right as well: "Those who wish to [...] can very well ...

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English teachers might have told students the word "each" is pronoun that gets a singular verb, but that's only part of the story, writes grammar expert June Casagrande.