13 Determiners - Each vs Every

Determiners are modifiers of nouns. They can provide a wide range of information. Determiner words are put before a noun to show what the noun refers to.

Each: It is used to refer to the individual things or persons in a group of two or more.
Every: It is used to refer individually to all the members of a group of something.

Differences:

• Each can be used with “of” while Every cannot be used;
• Each can be used with plural pronouns while Every cannot be used;
• Each can be used with both “of” and object case pronouns while Every cannot be used.
• When we have 2 objects, each is used, not every;
• We can use each as a pronoun, not every;
• We can use every with adverbs, not each;
• Every can indicate repetitive, regular events.

Similarities:

• Both Each and Every can be used with; every of /one of + determiner + noun or every of /one of + determiner;
  
• Each and Every can also be used with one, everyone, each one.

• Every worker has to carry out a job and each worker has to be professional.
• Everyone, in this room, has flexible hours in the office.
• Each of experts is thinking that borrow a loan is not a good idea.
• Every manager’s first task is to coordinate a team.

Each and Every are used to indicate quantity. Although they have similar meanings, there are differences between them.

Each and Every are Determiners, words that are used with singular nouns to indicate quantity. Even though they have similar meanings, there are so many meaning and usage differences between them.