Every day / Everyday

Today, a second post to get me rolling! I've done a few workshops on grammar and proofing, and in each of them I get to vent a bit about one of my pet peeves to the very small group of people who generally care.

This one is popping up more and more and more, everywhere from store signs to newspapers to blogs. Have you seen these?

Same low price everyday!

I'm so thankful for everyday my kids are with me.

What's wrong? Every day is still generally two words, though I live in fear of the day its (no apostrophe) misuse makes it eligible to be right. Every so often, a word becomes so commonly misused that it actually gets put in the dictionary that way. Remember ain't? And how it ain't a word and you ain't supposed to use it? Well, ain't has been in the dictionary a long time now.

I sit at my computer for hours every day.

You're going to want to read this blog every day, rain or shine.

I'm so thankful for every day my kids are with me -- every day here stands all by itself so needs to be two words.

To make it harder, everyday is correct as an adjective. When it comes before the word it modifies or works with, use the one-word version.

An everyday low price, but a low price every day.

The everyday view out my window, but my view every day.

An everyday event, my everyday clothes.

I'm so thankful for every day my kids are with me -- every day here stands all by itself so needs to be two words.

Tip -- If each day fits in the sentence instead, use two words, every day.