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1.
singular or plural.
Each is treated as singular when it stands by itself as a pronoun, when it comes before a singular noun (each house), and when it is followed by of and a plural noun (each of the houses):

Each group is responsible for its own quality control—A. Francis, 1986

Each of the two key fobs has its own snap fastening—Sunday Express, 1981

Almost all accidents start with a simple error on the part of the pilot that leads to a chain of events, each of which makes the situation worse—D. Piggott, 1991

What the treaty did not do was to make the two kingdoms of France and England one; they were to remain separate, each with its own legal and administrative identity—C. Allmand, 1991.

When each follows and qualifies a plural noun or pronoun, it is treated as a plural since it is the noun or pronoun and not each that determines the singular or plural status of the sentence:

They each carry several newspapers, a whole crop of the day's papers and the Sundays—Tom Stoppard, 1976

In the last four beats of the third bar...the voices each have slight differences in note-lengths and the placing of syllables—R. Brindle Smith, 1986.

2.
each and every.
This is regarded as a cliché and is best reserved for special effect as in Sylvia Plath's allegory of the fig-tree representing life:

I wanted each and every one of them, but choosing one meant losing all the rest—The Bell Jar, 1963.

3.
each other.
The belief that each other refers to two people or things and one another to more than two is a superstition already rejected by Fowler (1926). Historical usage shows that there is no basis for such a restriction, and many contrary examples can be found from good writers: (each other referring to more than two)

We took off in a motorcade traveling at a speed of close to 100 miles per hour with cars tailgating each other—Henry Kissinger, 1982

Everybody knew each other or about each other—Anita Brookner, 1983

I sit in one of the smaller theatres at the Young Vic and watch Brecht's characters driving each other into action through the coherence and confidence of their belief and argument—Observer, 2007

(one another referring to two) He and Gussy were evidently very fond of one another—A. N. Wilson, 1978

There is no such thing as complete harmony between two people, however much they profess to love one another—Nadine Gordimer, 1987

We saw one another at weekends but this put a strain on the relationship—Sun, 2007.

4. For the differences between each and every, see every.

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In addition to the idioms beginning with each, also see at each other's throats; made for (each other).

adj

Definition: every
Antonyms: none

pron

Definition: each one
Antonyms: none

IN BRIEF: Every one considered individually.

Each day provides its own gifts. — Martial, (c.40-c.102), Roman poet.

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Dansk (Danish)
det. - hver
pron. - enhver, hver
adv. - hver
adj. - hver-

idioms:

• each and every    hver eneste
• each other    hinanden, hverandre

Nederlands (Dutch)
ieder, per stuk

Français (French)
det. - chaque, tout le, tous les, toute(s) la
pron. - chacun(e), chaque, tous, toutes, l'un(e) l'autre, les uns les autres
adv. - chaque, mutuellement
adj. - chacun, chaque, tous, toute(s)

idioms:

• each and every    chacun(e) de
• each other    se, nous, vous (pronom réfléchi), l'un(e) l'autre, les uns les autres, les unes les autres, mutuellement, l'une(e) pour l'autre, les uns pour les autres, les unes pur les autres

Deutsch (German)
adj. - jeder, jede, jedes
pron. - jeder, jede, jedes
adv. - je, pro Stück
det. - jeder, jede, jedes, sich einander

idioms:

• each and every    jeder einzelne
• each other    einer dem anderen, sich .. gegenseitig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κάθε
pron. - καθένας
adv. - καθένας

idioms:

• each and every    κάθε, όλοι
• each other    ο ένας τον άλλο

Italiano (Italian)
ogni, tutti, al pezzo

idioms:

• each and every    tutti
• each other    l'un l'altro, ci

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - cada
pron. - cada um
adv. - por cada

idioms:

• each and every    todo e qualquer
• each other    um ao outro

Русский (Russian)
каждый, любой

idioms:

• each and every    все без исключения
• each other    друг друга

Español (Spanish)
pron. - cada uno individualmente
adv. - por persona, por cabeza, cada uno
adj. - cada una de las personas de un grupo consideradas individualmente

idioms:

• each and every    todos y cada uno
• each other    uno a otro, mutuamente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - var, varje
pron. - var, var och en
adv. - var(dera)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
每个, 每一, 每, 各个

idioms:

• each and every    每个
• each other    彼此, 互相

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
det. - 每個, 每一, 每
pron. - 各個, 每個
adv. - 每個
adj. - 每個, 每一, 每

idioms:

• each and every    每個
• each other    彼此, 互相

한국어 (Korean)
det. - 각각의
pron. - 각자, 각각
adv. - 각자에게
adj. - 각각의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - それぞれの
adv. - 一人につき
conj. - …のたびに
pron. - それぞれ, 各自

idioms:

• at each other's throats    けんかしている
• each and every    どれもこれも
• each other    お互いを

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) كل (ضمير) كل واحد (ظرف) لكل واحد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
det. - ‮כל אחד, כל‬
pron. - ‮כל אחד, כל‬
adv. - ‮לכל אחד, מכל אחד‬
adj. - ‮כל אחד, כל‬

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