"Everyday? Every day?"

大家好！又到講識英語時間。最近改學生啲作文改到個人傻吓傻吓，咁啱又成日見到同今日個主題有關嘅錯，所以我決定呢次要同大家講吓everyday 同 every day 嘅分別。事實上由我教書第一日開始，就見到學生會寫以下嘅句子：

1. I went to school everyday when I was young.

2. You need to work hard everyday if you want to succeed.

但其實呢句犯咗個好多人 (包括母語係講英文嘅人) 都會犯嘅錯，就係 "everyday" 應寫做 "every day"。點解？原來查吓字典就發現 "everyday" 係形容詞 (adj.)，而上面例句裡面， "everyday" 位置應該係修飾 "went to school" 呢個動作，應該用副詞 (adv.)，所以嘛，用 "everyday" (adj.) 係唔啱嘅，應該用 "every day" (adv.)。

好喇，咁 "everyday" 要點用呢? 好簡單！因為佢係形容詞，所以同名詞一齊用就冇死，例如：

1. everyday life (日常生活)

2. an everyday task (每天的任務/工作)

順手舉多兩個 "every day" 嘅例句：

1. I play the piano every day.

2. Every day I comb my hair after waking up.

嗱，以上講嘅雖然貌似小問題，但其實係基礎文法嚟，所以各方學英文嘅朋友，要多加注意！