In the following question, a sentence is provided with one part highlighted in bold. The highlighted phrase may or may not contain an error. Choose the option that best replaces the bold phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct. If the sentence requires no correction, select 'No replacement required' as your answer.

Each of the team member was present at the morning briefing.

The correct answer is team members was.

Step 1: Analyze the structure after "Each of the"
The phrase "Each of" is used to select individual items or people out of a group. Grammatically, the construction "Each of the + [Noun]" requires a plural noun because a single item can only be selected from a group of multiple items.
In the original sentence, the singular noun "team member" is incorrect and must be changed to the plural form "team members".

Step 2: Check Subject-Verb Agreement
Although the noun following "of the" is plural ("team members"), the true subject of the clause is the distributive pronoun "Each", which is grammatically singular.
Since the subject "Each" is singular, it requires a singular verb. Therefore, the singular verb "was" is correct, and the plural verb "were" would be incorrect.

Step 3: Formulate the correct sentence
Replacing the bold phrase "team member was" with "team members was" results in the grammatically correct sentence:
"Each of the team members was present at the morning briefing."