Hi, everybody. I’m Esther.
In this video, I’m going to talk about the two similar and sometimes confusing English words
‘every day’ and ‘everyday’.
These two words are commonly confused in English
especially in writing,
but after watching this video,
you will have a better understanding of the difference and when to use these words.
Let’s get started.
Let’s start with ‘everyday’.
It's one word and it's an adjective.
It means something that is commonplace or usual.
It's something that's suitable to be used on ordinary days.
Let’s look at some examples.
The first sentence says,
‘Since we're just walking around town, I think I’ll wear my everyday shoes.’
In this case, the word ‘everyday’ is used to describe these shoes.
Here it means these are my usual shoes - you know shoes I wear on a normal day.
The next sentence says,
‘The worries of everyday life can drag you down.’
Here ‘everyday’ is used to describe worries.
What kind of worries?
Common worries.
Worries that are usual for many people.
Now, I will talk about ‘every day’.
These are two words.
It is an adverbial phrase about time.
It means each day or daily.
Let’s look at some examples.
The first sentence says,
‘I need to start going to the gym every day.’
Here, it means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday all the way up till Sunday
- every single day.
And the next sentence says,
‘You need to study English every day.’
Just like the first sentence,
this is saying you need to study English every day of the week.
Now, let's do a checkup.
In this conversation, there are two sentences.
In one of the sentences, we should use the two words’ every day’.
In the other sentence, we should use the one word ‘everyday’.
Take a moment to think about where we use these words.
‘A’ says, ‘Are you busy _blank_?’
‘A’ is asking if ‘B’ is busy every day of the week.
And so we use the two words ‘every day’.
‘B’ says, ‘Yes, my _blank_ life is very busy.’
We need to find an adjective to describe B's life.
Something that means common or usual,
so we need to use the one word ‘everyday’.
Let's look at it again.
A: Are you busy every day?
B: Yes, my everyday life is very busy.
Now you know the difference between ‘every day’ and ‘everyday’.
Be sure to use them correctly.
Remember, it's always important to practice everything you learn in my videos.
Thank you so much for watching and I’ll see you in the next video.