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What is the difference between each time and every time ?
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2023/03/08
"Each time" and "every time" are both expressions used to refer to a repeated occurrence, but there is a slight difference in their usage.
"Each time" is used to refer to individual instances within a series of repeated occurrences, and emphasizes the uniqueness of each occurrence.
Example: Each time I visit New York City, I discover something new.
"Every time" is used to refer to all occurrences in a series and emphasizes their regularity or frequency.
Example: Every time I go to the grocery store, I buy a gallon of milk.
In summary, "each time" is used to emphasize the uniqueness of each occurrence, while "every time" emphasizes the regularity or frequency of occurrences.
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They're basically the same, but each time puts more emphasis on each individual time (instance), whereas every time lumps each time together as a whole. "We make sure to cut the vegetables very carefully each time." "I run it to him every time I go to the store."
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2017/01/31
“Each” means one of two or more people (or things), considered individually. “Every” means all the members of a group, without exception. The words may seem to mean the same thing , but there are nuances of difference.
For example: “Each member of the choir” is considering all of them one by one; “every member of the choir” is considering them as a collection, one from which no member is excluded.
When you say, “Each time I visit my mother, I get a headache,” you’re thinking of headache after headache after headache, with each individual visit. When you say, “Every time I visit my mother, I get a headache,” you’re stating a rule—something that happens without exception.
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Your explanation helped me understand the difference easily, thank you!
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お役に立てて嬉しいです！ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
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@naipeu You speak Japanese? I was surprised!
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2018/03/26
Each time is one specific time and every time is many
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Here’s an example
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Every time you leave take the dog out
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Each time you will get a treat.
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Thank you so much 😊
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2023/10/07
These are interchangeable in this context.
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2017/08/11
each is individual, every is All.
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2017/08/07
Honestly I think they may be the same thing.
"Every time I walk outside, I smile"
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"Each time I walk outside, I smile"
Mean the same thing to me.
"Every" tends to mean all things in a spectrum. And "each" normally means all of the individual things in a spectrum. So... pretty much the same. Subtle differences in my mind
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@LukeAGrif Aha thanku!😊
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