Singular or plural verb after a list with multiple "every"s?
Which sentence is correct?
Every apple, every orange, and every pear is good for you.
Every apple, every orange, and every pear are good for you.
Every is singular--even when there are many everys.
Although the simple answer above was down-voted by someone, consider the scope of quantification of every (or, for that matter, each):
Every (man, woman, and child) is invited. Each (man, woman, and child) is invited.
Distributing the quantifier does not change the quantification or the arity of the verb:
Every man, every woman, and every child is invited.