How to decide which one to use where?
If you find it hard to recognize where you should use everyone and every one, then simply follow this trick.
If you have decided to use ‘every one’ in some sentence, then try replacing the word ‘every one’ with ‘each one’. If the meaning still remains the same, then you are good to go.
Example, in the sentence-
- Every one of us should work towards the betterment of society.
the word ‘every one’ can be replaced with ‘each one’ and the sense of the sentence will remain unchanged.
- Each one of us should work towards the betterment of society.
If you have decided to use ‘everyone’ in some sentence, then try replacing the word ‘everyone’ with ‘everybody’. If the meaning still remains the same, then you are good to go.
Example, in the sentence-
- Everyone has received the mail.
the word ‘everyone’ can be replaced with ‘everybody’ and the sense of the sentence will remain unchanged.
- Everybody has received the mail.
Difference Between Everyone and Every one
Difference Between Everyone and Every one: The word everyone and the phrase every one seems to appear the same. But is it? There are many such words like every time and everything that people often use as every time and everything respectively. But here, the word every time is grammatically incorrect.
Let us see what happens in the case of everyone and everyone.