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gilevgi
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:09 pm
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Can anybody explain the difference of "each" and "every" with examples?
thanks in advance?
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Tony Mountifield
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:09 pm
Post subject: Re: every and each |
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In article <d22039ce.0503070009.7e56dfc@posting.google.com>,
gilevgi <gilevgi@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Can anybody explain the difference of "each" and "every" with examples?
thanks in advance?
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They are very similar in many usages, but with slightly different emphasis.
In "He examined each item....", "each" emphasizes the individual attention
given to an item.
In "He examined every item....", "every" emphasizes that no item was omitted.
Hope this helps,
Tony
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Molly Mockford
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:54 pm
Post subject: Re: every and each |
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At 08:31:24 on Mon, 7 Mar 2005, Tony Mountifield
<tony@softins.clara.co.uk> wrote in <d0h3gs$55r$1@softins.clara.co.uk>:
| Quote: | In article <d22039ce.0503070009.7e56dfc@posting.google.com>,
gilevgi <gilevgi@gmail.com> wrote:
Can anybody explain the difference of "each" and "every" with examples?
thanks in advance?
They are very similar in many usages, but with slightly different emphasis.
In "He examined each item....", "each" emphasizes the individual attention
given to an item.
In "He examined every item....", "every" emphasizes that no item was omitted.
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In addition, there is a difference in construction when you put it the
other way around:
"Each of the items was examined..."
"Every item was examined..."
Both of those are correct. You can also say:
"Each item was examined..."
But you cannot say:
"Every of the items was examined..."
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Molly Mockford
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deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin
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Dave Fawthrop
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:56 pm
Post subject: Re: every and each |
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On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 08:31:24 +0000 (UTC), tony@softins.clara.co.uk (Tony
Mountifield) wrote:
| In article <d22039ce.0503070009.7e56dfc@posting.google.com>,
| gilevgi <gilevgi@gmail.com> wrote:
| > Can anybody explain the difference of "each" and "every" with examples?
| > thanks in advance?
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| They are very similar in many usages, but with slightly different emphasis.
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| In "He examined each item....", "each" emphasizes the individual attention
| given to an item.
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| In "He examined every item....", "every" emphasizes that no item was omitted.
"each and every" is not unknown and includes both, indicating *extreme*
care.
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Cymraes
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.... don't forget the REAL obsessive nutters who examine each and every one .
Cymraes . |
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