"Each and every day" vs "Each and everything"

[Tom]

Hi

Just read Amy's sentence about "each and every day"--every day as two words. Keeping that in mind, what should I use-- each and everything or each and every thing?

Many thanks,

Tom

[Mister Micawber]

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The latter; however, it is a different case. 'Everyday' is a distinct adjective meaning 'humdrum, ordinary'.
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[Tom]

Just to make sure that I understood you correctly, MM...

Each and every thing (two words) is the correct version??

Tom

[Mister Micawber]

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Yes.
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[Yankee]

Hi Tom

Maybe it would be easier to look at "each and every" as a fixed collocation meaning "every single". Thus:

- Each and every one of them was broken.
- Each and every time we go to that restaurant, the service is horrible and the food is cold.
- Each and every building in that town was built in the 1800s.
- Each and every member of the team received an award.
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[Tom]

Many thanks, MM and Amy.

Results from Ms. Google can be misleading.

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

Horrifying, isn't it? :lol:

Torsten mentioned a new search engine named "Cuil" the other day. Interestingly, Cuil doesn't provide a single example of "each and everything" on the first page of its results. All of the results on the first page are simply "everything" or "and everything":
http://www.cuil.com/search?q=%22each+and+everything%22

But, it does provide results on the first page for "each and every thing":
http://www.cuil.com/search?q=%22each+and+every+thing%22
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