It can also be an adjective or an adverb. In those cases, “each” is not the subject of the verb. Instead there’s some other noun or pronoun in the sentence that governs the number of the verb.

Using passive voice The pie was made by Alice. Alice made the pie. The first sentence is an example passive voice, in which the subject (pie) is the recipient of the verb’s action (made).

This post originally appeared on Strong Language, a sweary blog about swearing. Sometime in the 20 th century, shit —having already long been a verb and then a noun—also became an adjective ...

Adjectives can add detail to a noun (such as a person, place, or thing) to make descriptions clearer or more interesting. Often, they appear directly before a noun in a sentence: In the noisy town ...

Guided Practice Read each of the sentences below and indicate whether the highlighted -ing or -ed word is functioning as a verb (or part of a verb phrase) or as an adjective (participle). Indicate ...

In the mid-1970s, “so cringe” showed up in 0% of the publications in the database. It didn’t exist. That’s Exhibit A that the verb “cringe” is being adopted as an adjective.

These types of adjectives modify the noun in the sentence by adding more information about it. Similarly, if you describe a noun using a number, this is called a quantitative adjective.