We useeachto refer to individual things in a group or a list of two or more things. It is often similar in meaning toevery, but we useeveryto refer to a group or list of three or more things.
| Eachstresses individual members of a group. Eachrefers to two or more people who share the work. |
| Everystresses all the members of the complete group. Everyrefers to three or more people. |
We use adverbs such asalmost, practicallyandnearlywithevery, but not witheach:
Almost everycar in the car park was new.
Not:Almost each car…
Practically everyhouse now has at least two televisions.
Not:Practically each house…
We can useeach of+ pronoun oreach of+ determiner + noun, but witheverywe must useevery one+ pronoun orevery one+ determiner + noun:
Each of ushas a bicycle.
Every one of ushas a bicycle.
Not:Every of us…
Each of the childrenreceived a special gift.
Every one of the childrenreceived a special gift.
Not:Every of the children…