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every two days or every two day?
every is followed by singular nouns.
But why "every two days" is more used??
Thank you!
8 de ago. de 2020 21:34
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Hi! Every two days would be correct.
You can view "two days" as a singular block, not two separate days. Similarly you could look at it like a single five year block in "every five years" etc. So if I were to say, "every two weeks, I vacuum my apartment", you can try to visualize blocks of two-week periods, in between which I do the vacuuming. That way the rule of every being followed by singular nouns still holds, at least when picturing the meaning mentally.
8 de agosto de 2020
Thank you!
9 de agosto de 2020
Pasted as an answer instead :)
8 de agosto de 2020
Hi Phew :) Yes, "every two days" is correct. You're correct that "every" is usually followed by singular nouns, but this is a special case where the noun is described by a plural adjective, and the two must match. You can't ever say "two day." It has to be "two days."
8 de agosto de 2020
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