Unit 4 - Determiners
Determiners
Unit 4 - Determiners
Determiners - Each / Every
Each and every are used to refer to individual thngs and groups of things.
Each
Each is used
to refer to individual items of a group. The
emphasis is on the individual aspect of each
item. For example:
- Give each student some candy. (Give
to each individual person)
- Make each day better than its yesterday,
and each tomorrow better than today.
Each is often used
for members of a smaller group. For example:
- Our team won and we each got a prize.
The position of each
can be at the front, middle, or at the end of
a sentence. For example:
- Each of these shirts are only $20.
- These shirts are only $20 each.
- These shirts each cost $20. (This structure
is slightly more unusual.)
Each one
Each can
be used with the indefinite pronun one.
For example:
- Twins can look the same, but each one
has their own personality.
However using one is often not necessary:
- Twins can look the same, but each has
their own personality.
Each of...
Each of...
is used for a selection of individual items.
For example:
- Each of these books is interesting.
- Each of the top five employees will receive
a bonus.
- We've won each of our last four games.
Every
Every is
used to refer to a group of individual items.
The emphasis is on the group. For example:
- Learn something new every day.
- Every student got a candy. (Everyone
in the group got some candy.)
Every is
used for how often something happens. For example:
- He plays soccer every saturday.
- They go abroad every year.
- I don't want to work here anymore.
(I wanted to work here, but no I don't like
working here.)
Every one / Every one of
Every can
be used with the indefinite pronoun one.
For example:
- Did you eat the strawberries? Yes, I ate every
one.
- Did you finish these questions? Yes, I got
every one right.
Note that every one refers to things,
but everyone is a completely different
word used for people.
Every can't
be used alone. For example:
- Did you finish these questions? Yes, I got
every right. - This is incorrect.
- Did you finish these questions? Yes, I got
every one right. - This is incorrect.
Every one of
can be used when we want to specify what group
we are referring to. For example:
- You must read every one of these books
by next week.
- Did you finish these questions? Yes, I got
every one of them right.
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Grammar Exercises
Example: They are all going to take chemistry next year, but _____ one of them has a different major.
a) Each
b) Every
The answer is: a) each
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