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J Anthony Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Every day or Everyday
Which of the following is correct?
"Influence is something that is happening in each of our lives practically everyday."
"Influence is something that is happening in each of our lives practically every day."
I see the first usage of "everyday" almost every day, but is it correct? Should I edit it out?
"Influence is something that is happening in each of our lives practically everyday."
"Influence is something that is happening in each of our lives practically every day."
I see the first usage of "everyday" almost every day, but is it correct? Should I edit it out?
Top answer
The latter I'd say 'everyday' is an adjective
- The latter I'd say 'everyday' is an adjective
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That's what I thought, but it is so common I was starting to waver, especially after doing a search for the topic on this site and finding several cases of "everyday" as in my first example.
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Hello
Yeah, Maverick is right.
I often confuse them, but [everyday] is an adjective and [every day] is [adjective + noun].
When you speak them, you speak as [éveryday] and [évery dáy].
[Almost every day] can be analyzed as [[almost every)] day].
paco
Yeah, Maverick is right.
I often confuse them, but [everyday] is an adjective and [every day] is [adjective + noun].
When you speak them, you speak as [éveryday] and [évery dáy].
[Almost every day] can be analyzed as [[almost every)] day].
paco
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Hi Paco
I just look at 'every day' as at an adverb, like at 'constantly'; this way it's easy to defferentiate. What do you think about that?
I just look at 'every day' as at an adverb, like at 'constantly'; this way it's easy to defferentiate. What do you think about that?
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Maverick
Yes you are right. [Every day] is an advervial use of a noun phrase. Grammarians call this kind of noun usage as 'adverbial accusatives of nouns'. It's a usage common among Germanic languages.
paco
Yes you are right. [Every day] is an advervial use of a noun phrase. Grammarians call this kind of noun usage as 'adverbial accusatives of nouns'. It's a usage common among Germanic languages.
paco
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Thank you for your input. I just found this site, and I've been having fun wandering all over it. It's a great place.
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