Each, either, neither, everyone… — singular

Gist. The pronouns each, either, neither, one, everyone, everybody, someone, anybody, nobody, everything, something, nothing are grammatically singular, even when followed by of + plural: Each of you is entitled to his share, Neither of them was there.

Conditions and exceptions. In colloquial speech neither/either of + plural often takes the plural (Are either of you familiar…?); Brown calls this an error. None can be singular or plural. All, some, most agree by meaning.

Examples. Each of those ten million has a family. — Nothing changes. — Are either of you familiar with this project? (colloquial, non-agreeing).

In UD. A subject with such a lemma does not go with VBP (neither on the head nor via cop/aux).

Sources. Brown 1851, Rule XIV, Note IV ("always in the third person singular") and Note VI; Reed & Kellogg, Higher Lessons, Lesson 142.

rule: en.verbal.indefinite-subject-not-vbp
what: each/either/neither/everyone… as subject with VBP — suspicious
match: v[xpos=VBP]; s[rel=nsubj, head=v, lemma=each|either|neither|everyone|everybody|someone|somebody|anyone|anybody|nobody|everything|something|anything|nothing]
require: exists c[rel=conj, head=s]
severity: warn
source: Brown 1851 Rule XIV, Note IV

rule: en.verbal.indefinite-subject-not-vbp-aux
what: each/either/neither… as subject with a VBP copula or auxiliary — suspicious
match: h[]; a[xpos=VBP, rel=cop|aux|aux:pass, head=h]; s[rel=nsubj, head=h, lemma=each|either|neither|everyone|everybody|someone|somebody|anyone|anybody|nobody|everything|something|anything|nothing]
require: exists c[rel=conj, head=s]
severity: warn
source: Brown 1851 Rule XIV, Note IV

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