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'day by day' vs 'everyday'



 
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'day by day' vs 'everyday' #1 (permalink) Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:23 am   'day by day' vs 'everyday'
 

Can someone please tell me which of the following sentence is correct?

1) Reading books makes you wiser day by day.
2) Reading books makes you wiser everyday.

Are there any better alternatives?
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'day by day' vs 'everyday' #2 (permalink) Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:48 am   'day by day' vs 'everyday'
 

To me, 1) sounds better.
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'day by day' vs 'everyday' #3 (permalink) Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:57 am   'day by day' vs 'everyday'
 

1) Reading books makes you wiser day by day. (Step-by-step you become wiser.)
2) Reading books makes you wiser everyday. (Ambiguous. Could mean you stay at the same level of wisdom each day.)
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'day by day' vs 'everyday' #4 (permalink) Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:30 am   'day by day' vs 'everyday'
 

Hi daemon

Just a little note that 'everyday' and 'every day' are different.

(I guess you just forgot the space.)
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'day by day' vs 'everyday' #5 (permalink) Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:41 am   'day by day' vs 'everyday'
 

Yankee wrote:
Hi daemon

Just a little note that 'everyday' and 'every day' are different.

(I guess you just forgot the space.)


Apart from that, what's your note on the thread question?

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Can someone please tell me which of the following sentence is correct?
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'day by day' vs 'everyday' #6 (permalink) Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:13 pm   'day by day' vs 'everyday'
 

Molly wrote:
Apart from that, what's your note on the thread question?

Quote:
Can someone please tell me which of the following sentences is correct?
Satisfied, Molly?
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'day by day' vs 'everyday' #7 (permalink) Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:18 pm   'day by day' vs 'everyday'
 

Yankee wrote:
Satisfied, Molly?
.


Do you think the thread poster will be?

Trying again:

Apart from that, what's your note on "Can someone please tell me which of the following sentences is correct?

1) Reading books makes you wiser day by day.
2) Reading books makes you wiser every day."
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'day by day' vs 'everyday' #8 (permalink) Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:34 pm   'day by day' vs 'everyday'
 

I wasn't aware that you had morphed again. Is your name daemon now?
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'day by day' vs 'everyday' #9 (permalink) Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:36 pm   'day by day' vs 'everyday'
 

Yankee wrote:
I wasn't aware that you had morphed again. Is your name daemon now?


So every time that a poster who isn't the thread starter asks for your opinion on the thread question, that person has morphed, right? Must be lots of morphers on this forum.
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'day by day' vs 'everyday' #10 (permalink) Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:49 pm   'day by day' vs 'everyday'
 

Molly wrote:
So every time that a poster who isn't the thread starter asks for your opinion on the thread question, that person has morphed, right? This is an incorrect statement. Must be lots of morphers on this forum. Nope.

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'day by day' vs 'everyday' #11 (permalink) Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:54 pm   'day by day' vs 'everyday'
 

Interesting. So what's the meaning behind this statement and the following question?

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I wasn't aware that you had morphed again. Is your name daemon now?
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