The photo below which was taken with my Sony Cybershot T20 camera sends a wrong message to students of English. They may think that ‘everyday’ is spelt this way every time. On the contrary, there is a difference between ‘everyday’ and ‘every day’.
When it is used as an adjective, the spelling is ‘everyday’. If an adverb is intended, then 'every day' should be used.
The following examples should serve to illustrate the above point:
1. Going to market is an everyday affair for Mrs Tan. [‘everyday’ functions as an adjective.]
2 He jogs in the park every day. [‘every day’ is an adverb here]
So much for boob watch today. By the way, ‘boob’ here means ‘error’ and not ‘breast’ as is used as a slang in other context.
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I do marketing for an ESL/ELL program. Examples like this and so many others make me realize how hard it is to learn English!
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