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Everyone or Every One?
What Is the Difference between "Everyone" and "Every One"?
"Everyone" and "every one" are not interchangeable. They have different meanings.- Everyone. "Everyone" is similar in meaning to "everybody." For example:
- Is everyone happy?
- Is everybody happy?
- Every one. "Every one" is similar in meaning to "each one." For example:
- I know every one of my cows by name.
- I know each one of my cows by name.
- I know every single one of my cows by name.
- Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
(Author Leo Tolstoy)
- Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one should be idolized.
(Physicist Albert Einstein)
- Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
(Anthropologist Margaret Mead)
- Every one of those ideas is valuable.
- I want every one of those picking up before lunch.
- You can kill ten of our men for every one we kill of yours. But even at those odds, you will lose and we will win.
(Prime Minister of Vietnam Ho Chi Minh)
- I want every one of those picking up before lunch.
- I want every single one of those picking up before lunch.
- Every one of those ideas is potentially valuable.
- Every one of those boys fought like a lion.
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More about "Everyone"
"Everyone" (one word) is similar to "everybody." ("Everyone" and "everybody" are both indefinite pronouns.)Try substituting the "everyone" in these examples with "everybody":
More about "Every One"
"Every one" (two words) can usually be substituted with "each one." (In this expression, the word "every" is a determiner that modifies the indefinite pronoun "one.")Try substituting the "every one" in these examples with "each one":
Do the "Single" Test with "Every One"
Put the word "single" between "every" and "one." If your sentence sounds perfectly fine, then you should using "every one." This works because "every single one" is nearly always a perfect replacement for "every one.""One" is an Indefinite Pronoun
The word "one" in "every one" is an indefinite pronoun. This means it represents a nearby noun. For example:Ready for the Test?
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