SOLUTION: Each of the boys(was/were)given a prize..........I I want to know the correact answer if is was or were?

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Question 989847: Each of the boys(was/were)given a prize..........I


I want to know the correact answer if is was or were?

Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
was. Each takes the singular.
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