Difference between Every and All

What is the difference between Every and All?

Every as a determiner is all of a countable group, without exception. while All as a determiner is every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).

Every

Part of speech: determiner

Definition: All of a countable group, without exception. Used with ordinal numbers to denote those items whose position is divisible by the corresponding cardinal number, or a portion of equal size to that set.

Example sentence: Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.

All

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: .Apiece; each.So much.

Part of speech: determiner

Definition: Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer).Everyone.Everything.Completely.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Everything possible.The totality of one's possessions.

We hope you now know whether to use Every or All in your sentence.

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