Saturday, October 14, 2017

October 14th. Blog post 7

I do not know where to start to explain what I learned this week. I felt like I have been speaking and writing the English language erroneously for the last 30-years. One thing I have learned this week is that every day and everyday are different. According to the AP Stylebook pg. 100, every day should be used to describe a verb. That means it is an adverb. On the other hand, everyday should be used to describe a noun or pronoun. That means it is an adjective. This still doesn't make perfect sense to me, but it is the rule. 

A couple examples to help you all:
I think every day is a new adventure. 
Navy SEAL's workout everyday. 

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The mistake I noticed this week was actually from my own writing. I was taking notes for the team I am in for the Teams class. We were trying to decide on brainstorming ideas that would help generate ideas during our class facilitation that's due on Wednesday. For some reason, I kept putting an 's after pro and con. Pro's and Con's, unless they are names, are words that do not require apostrophe's. I should have written pros and cons. 

2 comments:


  1. Every day versus everday is not a difference I have really thought about before. I like the examples you used. Maybe I will be able to use the correct form the next time I need to.

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  2. Every day vs everyday is something I am still trying to grasp as well. It is an interesting rule to say the least.

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