# Everytime - has it finally been accepted as a word? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 14, 2011, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everytime-has-it-finally-been-accepted-as-a-word/574628 "2011-03-14T05:28:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everytime-has-it-finally-been-accepted-as-a-word/574628/1 "2011-03-14T05:28:34Z")
The thread title should be **Everytime - has it finally been accepted as a word?** Everywhere, Everybody, Everything, & Everyone are all correctly spelled and accepted words. Why in the heck is Everytime wrong? Or has modern grammar finally woken up and accepted Everytime as a word? We are in the 21st century for gosh sake. It’s a PITA to remember this one cockeyed phrase that requires two words. Every time I type it, I have to go back and put that damn space in there. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everytime-has-it-finally-been-accepted-as-a-word/574628/2 "2011-03-14T06:27:57Z")
> [@](#): > > Everytime - has it finally been accepted as a word? No, no it hasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everytime-has-it-finally-been-accepted-as-a-word/574628/3 "2011-03-14T06:49:12Z")
I’d never heard that it wasn’t. Merriam Webster does not list it. Neither does OED. I still don’t have a problem with it, but I wouldn’t use it around a prescriptivist. That is, any formal writing. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everytime-has-it-finally-been-accepted-as-a-word/574628/4 "2011-03-14T07:50:57Z")
I always type “every time” as two words. I’ve never caught myself running the two words together. ---
**Author:** ![Manwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everytime-has-it-finally-been-accepted-as-a-word/574628/5 "2011-03-14T09:57:49Z")
The problem is that “everyday” and “every day” don’t have the same meaning. Neither do “every body” and “everybody”. Even “every one” and “everyone” are distinct, although the former is rare. What do you want “everytime” to mean? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everytime-has-it-finally-been-accepted-as-a-word/574628/6 "2011-03-14T10:24:34Z")
The thing is everytime sounds like a special kind of time, like Christmastime or Springtime. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everytime-has-it-finally-been-accepted-as-a-word/574628/7 "2011-03-14T12:35:52Z")
This is the first time I’ve seen that word written or spoken. When I hear “every time” spoken it is not pronounced “EVV-ry-time” but rather “EVV-ry-TIME”. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everytime-has-it-finally-been-accepted-as-a-word/574628/8 "2011-03-14T16:01:07Z")
> [@Manwich](#): > > The problem is that “everyday” and “every day” don’t have the same meaning. Neither do “every body” and “everybody”. Even “every one” and “everyone” are distinct, although the former is rare. > > What do you want “everytime” to mean? Just to add to this: the two-word phrases are adverbs, the single words are adjectives. I wear everyday clothes every day. So “everytime” would mean something like… “every.” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everytime-has-it-finally-been-accepted-as-a-word/574628/9 "2011-03-14T16:36:35Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > The thing is everytime sounds like a special kind of time, like Christmastime or Springtime. Except it lasts longer. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everytime-has-it-finally-been-accepted-as-a-word/574628/10 "2011-03-14T16:55:13Z")
If “everytime” is a word, what would it mean? Note that “everyday” (spelled as one word) is an adjective (as in “These are my everyday shoes”), while “every day” (two words) is an adverb (as in “I wear these shoes every day”). I’ve only seen “every time” used analogously to “every day,” as an adverb. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everytime-has-it-finally-been-accepted-as-a-word/574628/11 "2011-03-14T17:11:35Z")
This is my everytime clock. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everytime-has-it-finally-been-accepted-as-a-word/574628/12 "2011-03-14T20:15:37Z")
Good point. I’ve been away from English class a few too many decades. I’d forgotten that difference. > [@Dr.Drake](#): > > Just to add to this: the two-word phrases are adverbs, the single words are adjectives. I wear everyday clothes every day. So “everytime” would mean something like… “every.” ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everytime-has-it-finally-been-accepted-as-a-word/574628/13 "2011-03-14T23:04:02Z")
This is the first time I’ve heard “everytime” together like that. I can’t imagine that it’s even close to being accepted. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everytime-has-it-finally-been-accepted-as-a-word/574628/14 "2011-03-14T23:37:28Z")
For it came in the early 80s first with Hall & Oates “[Everytime You Go Away,](http://images2.wax.fm/paul_young_every_time_you_go_away-38-04867-1262841195.jpeg)” and confirmed when Paul Young took the song to #1 ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everytime-has-it-finally-been-accepted-as-a-word/574628/15 "2011-03-15T00:37:09Z")
My personal peeve is “anytime”. Almost every time (heh) someone uses it, it should be “any time”. Two words, people! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everytime-has-it-finally-been-accepted-as-a-word/574628/16 "2011-03-15T00:45:02Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The thread title should be **Everytime - has it finally been accepted as a word?** [Mod mod]I added the words “as a” for you.[/Mod mod]