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Daily vs. everyday #1 (permalink) Thu Jun 15, 2006 21:54 pm   Daily vs. everyday
 

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

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Daily= Everyday #2 (permalink) Thu Jun 15, 2006 22:09 pm   Daily= Everyday
 

Hi Tom

Daily means every day (two words!)

Everyday (oneword! :lol:) 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.

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