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Subject:RE: Each vs Every grrrr From:"Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com> To:"Rob Hudson" <caveatrob -at- gmail -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 22 May 2008 10:15:13 -0600
Rob Hudson wrote:
> I'm having one of those timeless debates about "each" vs "every." In
> the sentence "Every quarter, we deliver comprehensive reports.",
> should the first word be "each" or "every"?
I'm with Keith on this. But if it's one report per quarter, then I'd say
"Each quarter, we deliver _a_ comprehensive report."
Or avoid the issue this way: "We deliver comprehensive reports
quarterly."
HTH!
Richard
Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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303-777-0436
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