Grammar | Quantifiers : Everybody / Everything / Each / Every / Everyone

Quantifiers

Grammar

Everybody / Everything / Each / Every / Everyone

1. Every and all Technically every: a number of people or things considered individual:

ALL : a number of people or things considered are a group. But in practice, every and its compounds are often used to refer to a group. 

2. Each is ( adjective and pronoun), Every is (adjective)( singular verb):

EACH : a number of persons or things, considered individually. It can be used of two or more persons or things, and is normally used of small numbers.

EVERY : some meaning but with less emphasis on their dialysis. Not normally used of very small numbers.

EXP : 

-Every soldier knows what to do.

-Each soldier had a weapon.

3. Everything/ everybody and everyone should be used with singular pronoun and possessive adjective as they are used with singular verbs, so everybody and everyone are  used with pronouns:

he/ she/ him/ her and possessive adjective : his/ her. But in spoken English language plural forms are used: They/ Them and Their. Everything is always used with it and its.

EXP : 

-Has everyone on their phone?

4. Everyone; everybody; everything (pronoun)(singular verb) everyone/ everybody better than all (the) people:

*Everything better than all (the) things.

*Except when they are followed by a phrase or a clause.

EXP : 

-Everything has been wasted.

-I got all the things you asked for.   

-ALL the people in the room clapped.

- Everyone/ Everybody is ready.