Every Day vs. Everyday

"Do you go to work everyday? Or do you go to work every day?

Let’s break it down.

Everyday (without the space) is actually an adjective that describes the noun that follows. For example, "You could have an everyday routine and face everyday problems." Everyday is describing the nouns routine and problems here.

Meanwhile, every day is a denotation of time that tells you the verb in the sentence happens daily or occurs each and every day . "You could exercise every day or go to school every day." Exercise and going to school are activities or verbs you do each day.

Here’s another way to look at it:

You have an everyday [noun].

You do [verb] every day.

If you don’t know whether to use everyday or every day, you can take your sentence and see if what you’re trying to describe is a noun or if you’re trying to express that you’re doing a verb every single day. If it’s the former, use everyday, and if it’s the latter, use every day.

So you could have your everyday coffee in the morning.

Or you could drink coffee every day.

In the first sentence, you’re using everyday to describe the noun coffee. And in the second sentence, you are doing the verb (drink) **every single day. So in short, everyday describes an object, whether physical or abstract, while every day is for an activity you do on a daily basis.

Take a look at some different examples here:

I have to wash the dishes every day.

She styled her hair into her everyday hairdo.

Hustling was just part of his everyday life; he was a hard worker.

Jack would go to the game shop every day after school.

This product is great for the everyday mom.

Every day, Chloe would work morning to night at the flower shop.

So going back to the first question, do you go to work everyday or every day?

That’s right, you got it. You go to work every day. In this case, you are doing a verb (go to work) every single day. Notice that there is also no noun behind every day in the sentence. That further affirms that we shouldn’t be using everyday, which describes a noun, but every day in this sentence.

Now, you can try out some practice questions to see it you got it down. You can find the answers to the practice questions at the end of this page.

Willow did her everyday/every day warm-ups before going into the game.
Everyday/Every day, Mason wears different watches to show off his collection.
Do you do your everyday/every day chores like Mom told you to?
I have my everyday/every day cup of Starbucks with me, so I’m ready to go.
Avery bikes to work everyday/every day except Wednesdays.
Have you tried out Betty Crocker’s recipe for her everyday/every day oatmeal?
Penelope has been consistent in studying for the LSAT everyday/every day.
Logan wore his everyday/every day sunglasses inside and got scolded by the teacher.
Do you think Nora will be able to remember to take her medicine everyday/every day for the next two weeks?
“Do I really have to go to academy everyday/every day?” cried Luke.

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