Multiple choice

Directions: Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

India and Pakistan each ______ the territory.

  1. claims

  2. claim

  3. in claming

  4. was claiming
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B Correct answer
Explanation

(1), (3) and (4) are incorrect because when the antecedents of each are two plural nouns, then “each” takes a plural verb or a verb used for a plural. None of the (1), (3) and (4) depicts a plural sense.

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