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Distributive determiners show that the person or things from a group
are taken one at a time.

Either book is full of motivation. [one or the other of two / each
of two]
Every dog has its day. [emphasis on individual member of a set]
Each box was weighty. [every one of two or more]
Neither girl could pass the auditioning test. [not one or the
other]

A. Fill in the blanks with ‘each’, ‘every’, ‘either’ or ‘neither’ as the hint
given in the parenthesis after every sentence indicates.

1. ________________ child knows who I am in this locality. (not one or
the other)
2. The pupil had a tablet in ________________ hand. (one or the other
of the two)

3. ________________ student in the class has a laptop and a mobile.
(emphasis on the individual)
4. There was a parking lot on ________________ side of the street. (the
one or the other)

5. ________________ article is worth publishing for our newspaper. (not
one or the other)
6. ________________ candidate facing an interview is given at least a
suggestion. (all the candidates)

B. Underline the words ‘each’, ‘every’, ‘either’ and ‘neither’ in the following
sentences. Write in the parenthesis [P], if it is used as a pronoun [D], if
it is used as a determiner. Determiners come immediately before a noun
or a noun phrase.

1. Since there are four cushions for four chairs, I can keep one cushion on
each. [ ]

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