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Kelu002 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
each ,every or all
We can say:
1)All children should be taught to swim.
2)She'd given up all hope of having a child.
3)They all speak excellent English.
4)I listened carefully to every word he said.
5)All of them enjoyed the party.
6)Each time you exercise, you get a little stronger.
Are they also correct if we say:
1)Every child should be taught to swing.
2)She'd given up each/every hope of having a child.
3)They each speaks excellent English.
4)I listened carefully to each word/all words he said.
5)Each of them enjoyed the party.
6)Every time you exercise, you get a little stronger.
My question is ,what are differences among 'each','every' and 'all'?
1)All children should be taught to swim.
2)She'd given up all hope of having a child.
3)They all speak excellent English.
4)I listened carefully to every word he said.
5)All of them enjoyed the party.
6)Each time you exercise, you get a little stronger.
Are they also correct if we say:
1)Every child should be taught to swing.
2)She'd given up each/every hope of having a child.
3)They each speaks excellent English.
4)I listened carefully to each word/all words he said.
5)Each of them enjoyed the party.
6)Every time you exercise, you get a little stronger.
My question is ,what are differences among 'each','every' and 'all'?
Top answer
There are several mistakes in your sentences which I will not examine, but a summary response to your question is: When used with countable nouns, each and every are singular, while all is plural. Each tends to reflect the speakers preoccupation with the individual cases making up the totality, and every reflects the speaker's concentration on the totality itself. All is of course the totality itself as well.
- There are several mistakes in your sentences which I will not examine, but a summary response to your question is: When used with countable nouns, each and every are singular, while all is plural.
- Each tends to reflect the speakers preoccupation with the individual cases making up the totality, and every reflects the speaker's concentration on the totality itself.
- All is of course the totality itself as well.
- Each child speaks English Every child speaks English All (the) children speak English.
- As you can see from my insertion of the in the third sentence, all has a propensity for being more indefinite than each and every , which latter two presumably refer to children specific or already known.
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There are several mistakes in your sentences which I will not examine, but a summary response to your question is:
When used with countable nouns, each and every are singular, while all is plural. Each tends to reflect the speakers preoccupation with the individual cases making up the totality, and every reflects the speaker's concentration on the t
When used with countable nouns, each and every are singular, while all is plural. Each tends to reflect the speakers preoccupation with the individual cases making up the totality, and every reflects the speaker's concentration on the t
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