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Topic: Everyday and Every day |
5 June 2003 |
We get easily confused over everyday and every day because they look the same,
sound the same and mean the same. In spoken English, you wont hear the difference,
but in written form, they are of different part of speech and, therefore, have different functions.
Everyday, as one word, is an adjective. It is positioned in front of a noun to modify that noun.
It has the same usage as daily (adjective).
For example:
Poetry is not a part of everyday English.
Handling complaints is her everyday job.
What you study in class sometimes is not related to your everyday life.
Every day, written separately as two words,
is an adverb modifying a verb.
For example:
He gets up early every day.
Every day before she goes to work, she waters her plants.
You should try to exercise often if not every day.
Note:
Everyday (adjective)
Every day (adverb)
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Exercise: Every Day and Everyday. |
| Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct words. |
 1.Some knowledge has no consequences in _________ life. |
| 2.If I had to eat one kind of food _________ for the rest of my life, it will be sushi. |
| 3.Being under pressure is a part of _________ life if you live in a big city. |
| 4.I cant stand having the same conversations with you _________. |
| 5._________ after work he stops at a pub on the way home. |
| 6.Legal language is different from _________ language. |
| 7.Most women want their boyfriends to phone them up _________. |
| 8.This talk on war does not sound like _________ conversation. |
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