each | either | enough | neither | several

B2 English Grammar Profile point 89 in the category of PRONOUNS/  quantity is defined as:

‘each’, ‘either’, ‘enough’, ‘neither’, ‘several’ as subject and object pronouns.

Two examples from PELIC B2/C1 students:

subject pronoun

object pronoun

Although these vocabulary items are easy to find, they usually are not acting as subjects or objects.  This makes finding more information about the point very manually tiring.  Even if we put a verb after them, they might be a different grammar point.  Usually a determiner or a long conjunction phrase.

 

Looking in iWeb corpus:

each|several|enough|neither|either _v

1 EITHER BE 47717
2 EACH HAVE 31413
3 EACH IS 29845
4 EACH HAS 27028
5 EITHER HAVE 26919
6 NEITHER IS 24510

iWeb:

  • Neither is easy to find anymore.
  • Neither is desirable.

7 EACH HAD 14508
8 EITHER USE 13834
9 EITHER DO 13662
10 ENOUGH IS 13518
11 NEITHER ARE 10897
12 NEITHER DO 10785
13 EITHER GET 10436
14 EACH WILL 10284
15 NEITHER DID 9896
16 NEITHER DOES 9691
17 NEITHER CAN 8429
18 EITHER NEED 7710
19 EITHER MAKE 7630
20 EITHER GO 7611
21 EACH WAS 7420
22 NEITHER WILL 7161
23 NEITHER WAS 7156
24 EITHER TAKE 6559
25 EACH CAN 6376
26 EACH ARE 6140
27 EITHER IS 6045
28 EITHER GOING 6016
29 EITHER BEEN 5963
30 EACH HAVING 5502
31 NEITHER HAS 5439
32 EITHER USING 5290
33 ENOUGH SAID 5089
34 EACH CONTAINING 4831
35 EACH BE 4759
36 NEITHER SHOULD 4683
37 NEITHER HAVE 4648
38 EITHER DID 4532
39 EITHER HAD 4454
40 EITHER LOVE 4255
41 EITHER HAS 4154
42 EITHER BUY 4101
43 EACH RECEIVE 3798
44 NEITHER WOULD 3790
45 EITHER CHOOSE 3680
46 EITHER ARE 3662
47 EACH WOULD 3435
48 EITHER BEING 3421
49 EITHER PAY 3348
50 EITHER ADD 3310
51 NEITHER BE 3132
52 EITHER DOES 3112
53 EITHER GIVE 3091
54 NEITHER COULD 3070
55 ENOUGH WAS 3064
56 EITHER CREATE 3031


57 SEVERAL HAVE 3023

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58 NEITHER HAD 2928
59 EITHER WILL 2924
60 NEITHER WERE 2904
61 EITHER CAN 2898
62 EACH GET 2851
63 EITHER FIND 2775
64 SEVERAL ARE 2745
65 EITHER WORK 2708
66 EITHER LEAVE 2700
67 EITHER KEEP 2667
68 EACH MADE 2551
69 EITHER ACCEPT 2527
70 EITHER PUT 2505
71 EITHER WOULD 2396
72 EACH RECEIVED 2380
73 EACH MUST 2378
74 EITHER CLICK 2373
75 EACH WERE 2354
76 EACH REPRESENTING 2237
77 EITHER RUN 2229
78 EACH BEING 2215
79 EACH SCORED 2200
80 ENOUGH LEFT 2192
81 EACH SHOULD 2169
82 EITHER WANT 2160
83 ENOUGH REASON 2159
84 NEITHER SHALL 2101
85 EITHER LEFT 2093
86 ENOUGH SUPPORT 2091
87 EACH MAY 2084
88 EITHER SET 2053
89 EITHER COME 1990
90 EITHER CHANGE 1979
91 EITHER MOVE 1978
92 EITHER START 1957
93 EACH TOOK 1941
94 EITHER SEND 1934
95 SEVERAL WERE 1905
96 EITHER TRY 1883
97 EITHER REMOVE 1866 (*most examples in google are ‘either…or’)
98 EACH DESIGNED 1837
99 SEVERAL STATE 1829
100 EACH CONTAIN 1810

B1 in bold.

(accept|contain|containing|create|designed|remove|scored|support)

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It is easier to do that search again and include a preceding period to make sure it is the subject:

1 . EACH HAS 9342

B2/C1 PELIC STUDENT:

Chinese Male level 5 writing class

Each has a lot of vehicle product lines such as trucks, SUVs, sedans, and so on.

2 . EACH IS 8399
3 . NEITHER IS 6162
4 . ENOUGH SAID 2412
5 . NEITHER ARE 2389
6 . NEITHER DID 2328
7 . EACH WILL 2222
8 . NEITHER DOES 2216
9 . EACH WAS 2175
10 . NEITHER DO 1988
11 . NEITHER WAS 1597
12 . NEITHER CAN 1473
13 . EACH HAD 1414
14 . NEITHER WILL 1185
15 . NEITHER HAS 1184
16 . ENOUGH IS 1081
17 . EACH CAN 1044
18 . SEVERAL HAVE 879
19 . NEITHER SHOULD 866
20 . EACH HAVE 799
21 . NEITHER HAVE 773
22 . NEITHER WOULD 764
23 . SEVERAL ARE 695
24 . NEITHER WERE 692
25 . EACH OFFERS 691
26 . EACH ARE 674
27 . EACH COMES 665
28 . EITHER USE 616
29 . NEITHER COULD 605
30 . NEITHER HAD 583
31 . SEVERAL WERE 536
32 . EITHER WILL 524
33 . EITHER IS 513
34 . EACH WOULD 473
35 . EACH INCLUDES 448
36 . EACH FEATURES 434
37 . EACH MUST 409
38 . EACH CONTAINS 407
39 . EITHER WOULD 375
40 . EITHER CAN 375
41 . EITHER GET 328
42 . EACH PROVIDES 324
43 . EITHER MAKE 323
44 . EACH REQUIRES 306
45 . EITHER DO 294
46 . EITHER GO 290
47 . EACH SHOULD 281
48 . EITHER TAKE 242
49 . EACH MAY 238
50 . EACH BRINGS 219
51 . EITHER HAVE 202
52 . EACH REPRESENTS 193
53 . EACH WERE 181
54 . EACH TAKES 171
55 . NEITHER SHALL 166
56 . SEVERAL HAD 165
57 . EACH COULD 161
58 . EITHER BUY 159
59 . EITHER GIVE 159
60 . EITHER COULD 154
61 . NEITHER AM 149
62 . ENOUGH WAS 146
63 . EITHER ADD 145
64 . SEVERAL SAID 140
65 . EACH TOOK 135
66 . EITHER REMOVE 133
67 . EACH HOLDS 131
68 . EACH CONSISTS 131
69 . EACH USES 130
70 . EITHER KEEP 129
71 . EACH CARRIES 124

contains|provides|remove|requires

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_v each|several|enough|neither|either .

1 BE ENOUGH . 14200
2 IS ENOUGH . 11943
3 HAD ENOUGH . 5694
4 WORK EITHER . 4152
5 WAS ENOUGH . 3904
6 GET ENOUGH . 3061
7 HELP EITHER . 2559
8 HURT EITHER . 2260
9 HAVE ENOUGH . 2058
10 ‘S ENOUGH . 2011
11 DO EITHER . 1646
12 BE EITHER . 1636
13 CLOSE ENOUGH . 1524
14 ISNT ENOUGH . 1345
15 POINTS EACH . 1183
16 ARE ENOUGH . 1133
17 BEEN ENOUGH . 948
18 WASNT ENOUGH . 903
19 KNOW EITHER . 869
20 DOING ENOUGH . 814
21 IS NEITHER . 753
22 STRESSED ENOUGH . 728
23 DONE ENOUGH . 610
24 IS EITHER . 580
25 ARE SEVERAL . 574
26 HAVE SEVERAL . 516
27 GETTING ENOUGH . 488
28 DO ENOUGH . 467
29 WORKING EITHER . 460
30 EATING ENOUGH . 455
31 HAVE EITHER . 448
32 SEEN ENOUGH . 438
33 HAPPEN EITHER . 410
34 USE EITHER . 395
35 DOES EITHER . 383
36 EMPHASIZED ENOUGH . 369
37 DID EITHER . 349
38 CHALLENGING ENOUGH . 348
39 WILL EITHER . 320
40 SAY ENOUGH . 307
41 WAS NEITHER . 300
42 CARE EITHER . 298
43 DID NEITHER . 289
44 ARE EITHER . 288
45 HAVE NEITHER . 286
46 DOING EITHER . 277
47 THATS ENOUGH . 270
48 KNOW ENOUGH . 260
49 WAS EITHER . 257
50 WERE ENOUGH . 251
51 ARE NEITHER . 251
52 DONE EITHER . 237
53 SHOULDNT EITHER . 222
54 USE EACH . 217
55 SUFFERED ENOUGH . 212
56 DISAPPOINT EITHER . 212
57 DO NEITHER . 208
58 INCHES EACH . 206
59 HITS EACH . 204
60 HAS NEITHER . 200
61 EAT ENOUGH . 200
62 BEING ENOUGH . 199
63 HELPING EITHER . 198
64 GO EITHER . 194
65 HAVING ENOUGH . 192
66 EXIST EITHER . 187
67 DOES NEITHER . 181
68 MATTER EITHER . 181
69 HEARD ENOUGH . 180
70 HELPED EITHER . 179
71 PAID ENOUGH . 176
72 CARE ENOUGH . 175
73 WOULD EITHER . 174
74 CHANGE EITHER . 159
75 HAD NEITHER . 158
76 CAN EITHER . 150
77 UNDERSTAND EITHER . 147
78 LIKE EITHER . 147
79 SAID ENOUGH . 144
80 DRINKING ENOUGH . 142
81 SHOULD EITHER . 141
82 IGNORED EITHER . 141
83 CREDITS EACH . 139
84 RECOMMEND ENOUGH . 137
85 USD EACH . 135
86 BE NEITHER . 133
87 AM ENOUGH . 130
88 WORKED EITHER . 122
89 WARM ENOUGH . 122
90 ‘S NEITHER . 122

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We checked the first 1000 entries in PELIC and found two examples:

Korean Female level 5 writing class

They have re[a]d a lot of cases, have discussed those cases, and have thought they have got enough.

 

Korean Female level 4 writing class

There are other things that they have to think about, but it is enough to choose a college.

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