‘Everyday’ and ‘Every day’ are two different words that are often confused and used interchangeably, however, they are different from each other and have different implications.
Everyday as a single word is an adjective (a descriptor) — it means ordinary or commonplace. Every day — two separate words — means “each day.”
Examples
Here are some examples for using every day and everyday correctly:
- It is important to brush your teeth every day.
- Joke didn’t take very good care of his everyday clothes but his church clothes for Sunday were always dry-cleaned.
- In everyday use, people tend to say “weight” when they really mean “mass.”
- I believe it’s more important to be kind in our everyday actions than to pray every day.
