every和each同屬中位限定詞,都可與單數名詞連用,且意義相近,表示『每個』。
Each day is better than the one before.Every player was in good form.We want every child to succeed.Each child will find his own personal road to success.
1、each強調個別,而every用來概括全體,相當於all,因此,與almost,nearly連用時,可以用every,但不能與each連用。如: Each student in our class gave a different answer. Every studen/All the students in our class pased the exam.
2、each 指兩者或兩者以上的「每一」,而every指三者或三者以上的「每一」。因此,each 可以指兩者之一,而every則不能。如: There are a lot of trees on each side of the river. She knows every student in the school. We each have our own car.
3、every 只作形容詞,不可單獨使用,只能用於名詞前作定語;each可作代詞或形容詞,除放在名詞前作定語外,還可以作主語,也可以單獨使用,例如: Every student has to take one. Each boy has to take one. Each of the boys has to take one.
4、every不可以作狀語,each可作狀語。如: The teacher gave us four apples each.
5、every可與表示數量的詞連用,表示時間或空間的間隔,而each沒有這個用法。如: Every four years athletes from all over the world take part in the Olympic Games. I have violin lessons every two weeks.
6、every 與not 連用,表示部分否定;each 和not連用表示全部否定。例如:
注意:each 和every用於主語時,謂語均要求單數。