EVERY DAY vs EVERYDAY What is the Difference? Learn English Vocabulary

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Hi, everybody. I’m Esther.
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In this video, I’m going to talk about the two similar and sometimes confusing English words
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‘every day’ and ‘everyday’.
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These two words are commonly confused in English
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especially in writing,
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but after watching this video,
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you will have a better understanding of the difference and when to use these words.
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Let’s get started.
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Let’s start with ‘everyday’.
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It's one word and it's an adjective.
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It means something that is commonplace or usual.
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It's something that's suitable to be used on ordinary days.
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Let’s look at some examples.
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The first sentence says,
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‘Since we're just walking around town, I think I’ll wear my everyday shoes.’
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In this case, the word ‘everyday’ is used to describe these shoes.
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Here it means these are my usual shoes - you know shoes I wear on a normal day.
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The next sentence says,
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‘The worries of everyday life can drag you down.’
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Here ‘everyday’ is used to describe worries.
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What kind of worries?
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Common worries.
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Worries that are usual for many people.
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Now, I will talk about ‘every day’.
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These are two words.
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It is an adverbial phrase about time.
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It means each day or daily.
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Let’s look at some examples.
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The first sentence says,
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‘I need to start going to the gym every day.’
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Here, it means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday all the way up till Sunday
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- every single day.
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And the next sentence says,
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‘You need to study English every day.’
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Just like the first sentence,
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this is saying you need to study English every day of the week.
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Now, let's do a checkup.
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In this conversation, there are two sentences.
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In one of the sentences, we should use the two words’ every day’.
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In the other sentence, we should use the one word ‘everyday’.
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Take a moment to think about where we use these words.
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‘A’ says, ‘Are you busy _blank_?’
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‘A’ is asking if ‘B’ is busy every day of the week.
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And so we use the two words ‘every day’.
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‘B’ says, ‘Yes, my _blank_ life is very busy.’
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We need to find an adjective to describe B's life.
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Something that means common or usual,
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so we need to use the one word ‘everyday’.
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Let's look at it again.
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A: Are you busy every day?
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B: Yes, my everyday life is very busy.
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Now you know the difference between ‘every day’ and ‘everyday’.
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Be sure to use them correctly.
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Remember, it's always important to practice everything you learn in my videos.
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Thank you so much for watching and I’ll see you in the next video.
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