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#2 (permalink) Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:02 am what's the difference between 'everyone' and 'every one' |
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. Use 'everyone' for people when you are talking about all of them ('Hello, everyone!'). Use 'every one' when you are talking about the collection of each individual person or thing (I bought a package of potato chips and every one was broken'). . _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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#3 (permalink) Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:57 am what's the difference between 'everyone' and 'every one' |
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Thank you Mister Micawber. I wonder if the usage of 'some time' and 'sometime'/'some times' and 'sometimes' or 'every time' and 'everytime' are similar to the usage of 'every one' and 'everyone'? _________________ Please feel free to correct me if you find any mistakes in my posts. |
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Infin1ty I'm here quite often ;-)

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#4 (permalink) Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:23 am what's the difference between 'everyone' and 'every one' |
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. some time = an unspecified but often considerable length of time: It took me some time to get used to these new shoes. sometime = any unspecified point in time: Let's have coffee together sometime. some times = more than one time: Some times in history are more interesting than other times. sometimes = occasionally: I get lonely sometimes and go to a bar. every time = all the times, each time: Every time I go to the bar, I drink too much. (X) everytime = not an English word. . _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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#5 (permalink) Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:26 am what's the difference between 'everyone' and 'every one' |
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Thanks again for your detailed expanation, Mister Micawber. _________________ Please feel free to correct me if you find any mistakes in my posts. |
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Infin1ty I'm here quite often ;-)

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