a. each may be used as an adjective or as a pronoun , while every is used as an adjective only . though both of these forms mean all they differ slightly from all in that the number of persons\ things implied by them has to be considered individually , while all it has to be taken as a group . Each and every are used before singular nouns , while all is used before a plural noun .
e. g.
Each man has a job to do . ( adj.)
Every citizen should take part in defending his country .(adj.)
He gave two to each . ( pron. ) .
Every of them came at a different time . (pron.)
All ( of ) the boys worked hard .
They did all ( of ) the work in one day .
4 . 2 . 2 everyone , everybody , everything .
All of these form s take singular verbs . the first two mean all people or all the people while the last one
Mean all things or all the things .
e.g.
every body admired him .
you mustn t trust everyone you meet .
the thieves broke into the house and stole everything .
everything in this shop is for sale .
4.2.3 either , neither
Both are used as adjectives or pronouns and are to be followed by singular verbs . either means
any one of two persons or things while neither means none of two persons or things . it ( neither ) has to be followed by an aggirmative and gives the same meaning as either when used with a negative verb .
e.g.
there is garage on either side of the road . ( adj.)
either one will suit me . (adj.)
I don’t want either ( of them ) . (pron.) .
Either (of them ) will be enough . (pron.)
Neither book is good enough . ( adj.) .
Neither of the suggestions was acceptable ; therefore I accepted neither . (pron.).
4.3 Quantitative Adjectives and pronouns ;
These include the following ;
A\an , one , some , any , no , none , a little , a few , many , much , lots of , a lot of , and the numerals . they may be used as adjectives only such as a and no , pronouns only such as none . or
As both Adjectives and pronouns such as some , any ….ets. Except for the numerals which will be discussed later in this book , these forms are dealt with in related pairs .
1.3.3 no, none
no is an adjective ; there fore , it is always used before nouns.
It shows that the thing \ pers on named does not exist .none ,
On the other hand ,is a pronoun ;there for ,it is never used
Before a noun . it means not (even) one"
e.g.
there is no water in the stream.
I have some friends in London but you have none.
no person in his right state of mind would believe this.
None of my friends smoke (s).
Note: though it is common to use a singular verb after
Noun phrase above on the grounds that the verb should
المادة المعروضة اعلاه هي مدخل الى المحاضرة المرفوعة بواسطة استاذ(ة) المادة . وقد تبدو لك غير متكاملة . حيث يضع استاذ المادة في بعض الاحيان فقط الجزء الاول من المحاضرة من اجل الاطلاع على ما ستقوم بتحميله لاحقا . في نظام التعليم الالكتروني نوفر هذه الخدمة لكي نبقيك على اطلاع حول محتوى الملف الذي ستقوم بتحميله .