Daily vs. everyday

[Tom]

Hi

Please tell me if daily could be used like everyday in the given sentences?

1- That is my mother's everyday question.
(He means to say that his mother asks him this question daily)

1- That is my mother's daily question.

2- His everyday mishaps have driven all of us crazy.
2- His daily mishaps have driven all of us crazy.
(The speaker means to say that the mishaps this person meets on a daily basis have been unbearable)

Thanks in advance

Tom

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

Daily means every day (two words!)

Everyday (oneword! ) means "commonplace, ordinary, routine"

In all of your sentences I would prefer to use the word "daily" particularly if the sentences are spoken since there could then be an misunderstanding otherwise.

Amy
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