EACH AND EVERY, EITHER AND NEITHER

Each and every

We use each and every before singular countable nouns. We use each when we’re talking about
two or more people or things separately. We use every when we’re talking about there or more
people or things together.

We use each of (not every of) before determiners with plural nouns and plural pronouns. We can
put each (not every) in different position.

We use every (not each) when we want to emphasize’as many/much as possible, when we talk
about something happening at regular intervals and after almost and nearly.

Either an neither
We use either before singular nouns and either of before determiners plus plural nouns or
pronouns to talk about “one or the other” of two people or thing.

We use neither/neither of instead of either/either of when we mean ‘not one and not the other’ of
two people or things. We use singular verbs after subjects beginning with neither of in formal
situations.