everyday : Common Errors in English

About everyday

“Everyday” is a perfectly good adjective, as in “I’m most comfortable inmy everyday clothes.” The problem comes when people turn the adverbialphrase “every day” into a single word. It is incorrect to write “I takea shower everyday.” It should be “I take a shower every day.”

everyday Meaning(s)

  • (s) found in the ordinary course of events
  • (s) appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
  • (s) commonplace and ordinary
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