At 03:53 PM 2/18/2007, José Antonio Santos wrote:
>Is the use of “they each” correct, or should it always be “they all?”
>Example:
>“They each need to contribute to the fundraising event.”

DD: I hear the first way as meaning individually, i.e. "...each one of them."
"They all," I hear as a collective, i.e. "As a 
group they should get together and contribute."
It is awkward, as 'they' is plural and the 'each, 
as a pronoun', is singular, but the verb is 
plural. "Each needs..." sounds and is correct, it 
is the mix that complicates things, but it is 
used as is your example quite often by High 
Standard English speakers, though not in thought 
out writing. Be interesting to see what the others in this group think.   

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