The words each and every at first glance, they might seem exactly the same
But if we look a little closer and we compare examples you'll see that they are different
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Your country each and every these words at first glance may seem exactly the same
interchangeable and in many cases they are
the thing is that the difference in meaning really has more to do with the
feeling of what you want to convey the meaning of what you're saying the context the idea and
doesn't depend on
the grammatical
Structure as much so we're going to talk about grammar
But keep in mind that a lot of the correctness of use has to do with what you mean to say
For example, each of you is special or every one of you is special
These are both correct, but the difference is when we use each. We are focusing more on the
individual the uniqueness the difference the
individual person or item when eyes say
Every I'm actually thinking of you still as an individual but within a group I'm lumping you together
With all of our go natural English family, even though the meaning is similar
It's a little bit different just to confuse things even more I can even use each and every together
For example each and every one of you is special to me and that is correct
That's placing extra emphasis and being even more
Dramatic in the way. I'm expressing myself, and I'm putting more feeling into it throughout this lesson
I'll give you several examples and we'll have some practice at the end because you know that I like to make these lessons
practical and helpful for you
so another example is let's say I'm working and I've had a lot of emails to respond to and so I say I've
responded to each and every email because there were a lot so you can see we can use each and every
Interchangeably we can also use them at the same time in the same sentence
but now let's look at how they're different and how you might want to use them differently every
Has the idea of a group we're lumping people together every person here agrees. It could be
interchangeable with
Everyone agrees or all of the people agree
So the idea here is that we're expressing that there is a group of people
That agrees the idea is that with the word every our emphasis is on the collective group
Each is more about the unique
Individual so each is about seeing a group of people as individuals
and
Every is more about lumping all the individuals together
so the focus of each is on the individual and the focus of every is on the group a
Quick grammar tip to help you use each and every is that we use them
before a
countable
singular noun, for example e each packets of sugar
has
Ten calories. So sugar is a
Non-count noun, but packet is a countable noun. That's why I can say each packet now
Some native speakers or some people who are just taking shortcuts might
Actually cut out that packet of and just say each sugar has 50 calories
But please know that that is not correct
I'm going to teach you the correct way here each
can also be used with plural nouns but must be followed by the word of every
On the other hand cannot be used with plural nouns
For example, let's say that we're talking about moving to different cities
so we're weighing the options the pros and the cons between let's say moving to Miami or New
York or Dallas or Los Angeles
And I could say well
Each one of those cities has pros and cons
Or I could say each of the cities has pros and cons
So if I was just talking about two of the cities, let's say in New York and Los Angeles
I could still say each city has pros and
Cons or I could say both both is another word that we use when we have two options
Both have pros and cons. So each is used here to express each
individual city's
Uniqueness its pros its cons. It's good things. It's bad things within a
Collection of options, so maybe we're considering four different cities
Let's talk about every every is often used with a series of events. For example every morning
I like to drink coffee or
Every morning. I like to meditate
Every year I like to go on vacation
every
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let's go back to talk a little bit about when we're talking about one thing two things or
Multiple things when we're talking about just one thing for example
a person so I could use each or every
Each person is unique or every person is unique. Those are both correct
it's just that the focus is on the individual with each and the group with every but if we're talking about
Two things or two people then we must use each or both
But we cannot use every every is only for more than two
So 3 4 5 etc
When we're talking about two items
Perhaps a pair of items we can use the word each but to me
It sounds more natural and more common to say both. For example, I'm wearing earrings in
each ear
but to me
It sounds more natural to say I'm wearing earrings in both ears
when we're talking about more than two items we can use each or every again so it's really only
When you're talking about two items that we cannot use every and I prefer to use both
But you can use each it's correct
So when we're talking about three or more items
We can go back to using each or every for example I listened to each song on the album
I listen to every song on the album or to really emphasize I could say I listened to each and
Every song on the album, it was so good
so
I hope that that clears up some confusion about the differences between each and every now I want to clear up a
Little bit more about some doubts that are related to the use of each and every particularly
compound nouns like
Everyone or everyone everything?
everything
every time
where everyday versus every day
So I'm going to quickly run through each of these
To clarify doubts and then we're going to practice with a quiz together at the end
Everyone has one word versus everyone as two words
Everyone can replace everybody. It's a pronoun. That means all the people it's really to
focus on that group of people now
Everyone puts the focus on the individual again when you use everyone as two words
It must be followed by an of
Phrase, for example, I would like to thank every one of you
Who leaves a comment
Versus I would like to thank everyone one word
Every day as one word versus every day as two words. First of all every day is an adjective
So you must look first at how you're using it in the sentence where you're using it in the sentence
Is it describing something else? So this is an everyday shirt that I like to wear
It's not anything too special. It's an adjective
every day describes shirts on the other hand every day or two different words that describes the
Frequency that I do something every day. I
Wear this shirts. Actually, that's not true. It's just an example okay if you can replace
Every day with each day, then it's probably going to be two words another example
Everyday items I use every day include my iPhone
My sunglasses and my purse my everyday routine
includes making coffee
Doing meditation and working now
Everything vs. Every thing
everything is one word could be replaced as all or all the things so
Every thing places more emphasis on the individual thing
you're probably noticing a pattern here that when we have separate words like
Everyone or everything there's more emphasis on the individual now
Everything as one word is really the whole the group the focus is on the collective group. For example
everything on this menu is unhealthy or
Everything on this menu is unhealthy. These are both correct
but the first sentence places the emphasis on the whole menu the
collective food items and the second example everything as two words really places the emphasis on
individual items and it's slightly more dramatic, but it's also
slightly less common around
1850 the use of
Everything as two separate words declined and the use of everything as one word
Well it increased and so it's much more common to use everything as one word
Finally every time as one word versus every time as two words. This one is easy because we never use it as a
Compound noun it is always two words. Every time is always every time
lastly before we practice there are two idiomatic uses of each and
Every that you should know about because they're fun and useful
first of all is to each his own which means each individual person has
Unique preferences maybe I like pickles and you don't so you say well to each his own and I would say more pickles
For me. Okay. Another idiomatic phrase is
every man for himself
Which you might think is a little confusing because we're talking about the individual himself
But we're actually looking at a group of people this is often used in
Well, maybe kind of emergency situations like save yourself every man for himself means that you are
responsible
For your own well-being or your own success every man for himself
So there will be no group efforts. You have your own individual responsibility. That is the meaning, okay?
So let's practice. I have a little quiz for you. I'd like you to fill in the blanks here for six questions
I'm gonna read these sentences
Leaving the blank for you to fill in so I'd like you to say them with me and say it out loud
the word that you think should be in the blank either each or
Every it's raining
Day this week. It's raining every day this week every because we're talking about a series of events every day this week
Song on the album is really unique
Each song on the album is really unique because we're focused on the individuality or uniqueness of each song
Person is a unique individual
Again, each person is the best choice because we're focused on their unique individuality
I'm wearing earrings in
Of my ears. I'm
Wearing earrings on each or both of my ears. I would like to go to the gym
Day, I would like to go to the gym every day because it is a series of days and last
man for himself every
Man for himself because it's an idiomatic phrase. I hope that you enjoyed this lesson
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