Typically, writers today use everything versus every thing. However, one might choose to use the noun phrase when there is a need to emphasize the separateness of the "things" referred to. Note these sentences:. Every single thing in the store must be sold because we are going out of business. Do you think that Mom really means that I have to eat every last thing on my plate? So, in summary, you can use everything and every thing interchangeably, but most writing today uses everything.
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Author Recent Posts. Emelda M. What does everything mean? Everything one word is the default spelling. It is defined as all things; all things of a group or class; all things of importance; the most important fact or consideration. Is is now rare to see everything written as two words. There are some circumstances, however, that call for the two-word every thing , and that is when an additional adjective is placed in between both words.
In this example, everything refers to many different people, but it still takes the singular verb was, not were.
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