I'm writing about the captains of sport teams. Each team has one and only one captain. I'm confused on how to express this :
We will communicate this information to …
- each team captain
- each team's captain
- each teams captain
- each teams' captain
It's my understanding that each is followed by a singular as per https://dictionary.cambridge.org/fr/grammaire/grammaire-britannique/each, so I think I should use captain against captains (I could be wrong on this one too, though)
However, I'm confused with the "team" part. There are several teams, so should I pluralize this word here ? Also, maybe should I use the possessive 's ?
Which is the correct way to complete the sentence ?
Best Answer
It should be each team’s captain, because each implies you’re talking about each of several teams individually, so you can use team’s as the singular possessive.