RE: Each vs Every grrrr

["Andrew Warren" <awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com>]

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"?

Rob:

Impossible to know without context.  "Each" emphasizes individual quarters while "every" treats the quarters more as a group... So you'd want:

  Every quarter, we deliver comprehensive reports.  We've never
  failed to do so.

but:

  Each quarter, we deliver comprehensive reports.  Once per year, we
  publish a summary of those reports.

It's a subtle distinction; no one will notice if you choose the "wrong" adjective.

-Andrew

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