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I have read the following sentence in a French learning tool:

Chacune et chacun de nous prions notre dieu

(= Each and every one of us prays to our god)

The verb "prier" is conjugated in the 1st person plural here. I suppose that the verb (oddly) agrees with "de nous". Shouldn't I conjugate in the 3rd person singular, agreeing with "chacune et chacun" (as suggested in http://www.cyjung.com/spip.php?article1805)?

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  • yes, the agreeing is weird in this sentence; It should be "...chacun de nous prie notre dieu" if the intended meaning was "prays". But because it's prions it should be understood as "let's pray to our god" – Teleporting Goat Aug 26 at 8:09
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The discrepancy can be fixed with proper punctuation:

Chacune et chacun d'entre nous, prions notre Dieu ! (let's pray our God).

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