Each of the Olympic athletes have been training for months, even years. vs Each of the Olympic athletes has been training for months, even years.

Both phrases are correct, but they differ in subject-verb agreement. The first phrase uses 'have' to match the plural noun 'athletes,' while the second phrase uses 'has' to match the singular noun 'each.' Both constructions are commonly used in English.

Last updated: March 22, 2024

Each of the Olympic athletes have been training for months, even years.

This phrase is correct as it matches the plural noun 'athletes' with the plural verb 'have.'

This phrase is used when emphasizing the individual actions of multiple athletes. It highlights that each athlete has been training for a significant period of time.

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It would be very irresponsible if the IOC endangered the lives of the Olympic athletes by holding the games in such an unpredictable region.
Boys, Billy and Meredith have been training for that for months.
But we have been Training for this.
But we have been Training for this.
Sorry. But I have been training for a beer-drinking competition.
There are girls that have been training for this since they could flush the toilet themselves.
I have been training for some time, and when I feel flat and bored, I fake it.
According to a report in the newspaper, European Voice (number 11, 19-25 March 2009), some 500 Commission officials have been training for a year to carry out the duties expected of the EU's diplomatic corps if the Lisbon Treaty enters into force.
Look at the Olympic athletes who have won gold.
Ray, you've been training for this comeback for months.
Presumably we'll ban them, but then we'll have the specter of teenagers in their high schools gyms routinely out-performing the Olympic athletes.
You have been training me to ferret out lies.
Lagerbäck... You've been technical advisor for Sectragon, who in turn have been training terrorists.
But pioneers like Dr. Hayden and Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the founder of Special Olympics, persevered, and Special Olympics athletes have proved them right four and a half million times over.
For the past 18 months, we at the CIA have been training a brigade of anti-Castro guerillas in Guatemala.
Members of the crew of this dangerous Voyage... have been training intensely here at the Mojave Spaceport.
This unquestionable, I would say, erich, is the quality field of the Olympics.
He told us the assassins were members of the Olympic team.
It was part of the Olympics in Ancient Greece.
This will be like a kid out of the Olympics...

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All of the Olympic athletes have been training for months, even years.

Each of the Olympic athletes has been training for months, even years.

This phrase is correct as it matches the singular noun 'each' with the singular verb 'has.'

This phrase is used when emphasizing the collective action of the athletes. It emphasizes that each athlete, as part of the group, has been training for an extended period.

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It would be very irresponsible if the IOC endangered the lives of the Olympic athletes by holding the games in such an unpredictable region.
Paris I understand, 'cause Paris has been training for this like it's an olympic event.
Look at the Olympic athletes who have won gold.
Boys, Billy and Meredith have been training for that for months.
Ray, you've been training for this comeback for months.
He has been training all year.
Chikara has been training every chance he gets.
My family has been training horses since civil war
You father has been training with this secretly.
Jellybeans has been training all month for the Health Kibble Incredible Dog Challenge.
Presumably we'll ban them, but then we'll have the specter of teenagers in their high schools gyms routinely out-performing the Olympic athletes.
Russia has been training young women to be undercover operatives, and we both know that Howard's major weakness is...
Your father has been training you for this since you were four years old.
This unquestionable, I would say, erich, is the quality field of the Olympics.
He told us the assassins were members of the Olympic team.
It was part of the Olympics in Ancient Greece.
This will be like a kid out of the Olympics...
I waited outside of the Olympic for my father.
It also wants EU countries to clarify their position about whether to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing.
Rhodes Scholar, clerk for Chief Justice Roberts, member of the Olympic badminton team.

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Every one of the Olympic athletes has been training for months, even years.

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Each of the Olympic athletes have been training for months, even years. vs Each of the Olympic athletes has been training for months, even years.