hi this is a tutor Nick P and this is lesson 2 today we're going to be
covering every day versus everyday so every day two words versus everyday one
word this is a mistake that comes up very often in writing that's when I
notice it actually in speech you probably won't notice it so easily because people
speak pretty quickly when they're speaking naturally if anything there
might be a little bit of a slight pause with every day two words as opposed to
everyday one word yeah so I could just to show you every day every day
two words is an adverb of frequency and this actually means each day this is the
one that you got to be using the far far majority of the time probably more than
eighty to ninety percent of the time this is the one you want and here's a
you know the perfect examples or in a very good examples like every day I wake
up at 6 a.m. or every day I get off at work at 5:00 p.m. or here we say I go to
that coffee shop every day for lunch all these situations simply mean each day
each day you do something the one to probably give a little more
concentration to because it's the one you use a lot less is everyday as a
single word every day as a single word is an adjective and the meaning is
different the meaning is very very different it means ordinary or common so
here's a perfect example is if you are going on a date don't just wear your
everyday clothes don't just wear your common clothes don't wear your ordinary
clothes put on something fancy put on
something special so in that case every day basically
means ordinary or common so note of course if it's an adjective everyday will
usually almost always be followed by a noun so you got an adjective and a noun
directly next to each other oh good so I guess this is another example those
sneakers are good for everyday wear I hear everyday wear a lot you will come
across everyday people everyday wear yeah these are the ones that usually
come across like I said I could I could understand sometimes but you know how
you know students of ESL English as a Second Language could make this mistake
throughout my life I've also noticed that even it's even a common mistake
among native speakers too so don't feel bad sometimes I've seen it in writings
where native speakers have made this mistake and so okay oh one of my first
memories of hearing the word everyday was it was a song a long time ago even
though it's been remade several times but when I was a kid it was a song you
know everyday people I don't remember all the lyrics you know uh but I do remember the
this line it had different strokes for different folks so I'm everyday people
different strokes for different folks which is also a very good idiom
different strokes for different folks simply means different people like
different things maybe different people are into different hobbies or activities
or different people might be attracted to different people maybe some people
like maybe some men like a tall girl some men like short girls or maybe some
women like muscular men or something else it just means everybody kind of has
their own thing we say different strokes for different folks okay all right good
and one other thing is you know because like I said I live in Asia so sometimes
I will see mistakes in signs too and oh you know one place that I went for
breakfast often had a mistake in a sign and their sign was
you know they report ever day delicious and really here
the correct way would have been delicious every day that's really what
they should have said but you want to be careful because you know if you're if
you're doing this you don't want to make the same sort of mistake everyday
delicious is it's wrong in a couple ways one but delicious is an adjective you
shouldn't be using two adjectives together but as I said you know in a sign
you can get away with a little bit more if you say delicious every day and then
to be honest that restaurant was pretty good and the food was very good and the
prices were very good but if you say everyday delicious here everyday goes
back to this other meaning means like ordinary or common and I know that's not
what they wanted to express so you want to be careful of that and yes so just
pay attention to every day again just to note again remember every day two words
is an adverb of frequency this is the one that means each day this is the one
you're going to use most often and everyday one word is an adjective
okay well I hope that clears it up thank you very much for listening