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8 everyday
Everyday is an adjective meaning 'ordinary', 'usual', 'routine'. It is not the same as the adverbial expression every day. Compare:
In everyday life, you don't often find an elephant in a supermarket. You don't see elephants every day.
9 common expressions
Note the following common expressions with every. every single
She visits her mother every single day. every other
We meet every other Tuesday. (= .•. every second Tuesday.) every so often; every now and then
We go out for a drink together every so often I every now and then.
For me difference between every and each. see 170.
For every and all, see 39. For every and any, see 56. For more information about everybody!everyone, see 548.
194 except and except for
1 except for before nouns
We generally use except for before noun phrases. I've cleaned the house except for the bathroom. The garden was empty except for one small bird.
2 except (for) after all, any etc
After generalising words like all, any, every, no, everything, anybody, nowhere, nobody, whole, we often leave out for.
I've cleaned all the rooms except (for) the bathroom. He ate everything on his plate except (for) the beans. Nobody came except (for) John and Mary.
But this does not happen before all, etc.
Except for John and Mary, nobody came. (NOT &cept J"'tJhl2 a/ttl Alary,
1'16b6dy Mme.)-
3 except before prepositions and conjunctions
We use except, not except for, before prepositions and conjunctions. It's the same everywhere except in Scotland.
(NOT .•• ex-eept/6f' ill 8e6tlttntl.)
He's good-looking except when he smiles.
This room is no use except as a storeroom.
The holiday was nice except that there wasn't enough snow.
4 except (for) + pronoun
After except (for) we use object pronouns, not subject pronouns. Everybodyunderstoodexcept(for)me.(NOT•••~t:.) We're all ready except (for) her.
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