List E

but – except

1. We use but to mean except after all, every, any, no and everything, everybody, nothing, nobody, anywhere etc)

  • He eats nothing but hamburgers
  • Everybody‘s here but George
  • I’ve finished all the jobs but one.

We usually use object pronouns (me, him  etc) after but.

  • Nobody but her would do a think like that.

2. We use the infinitive without to after but.

  • That child does nothing but watch TV
    (NOT.. nothing but watching TV)

3. Note the expressions next but one, lat but two etc

  • My friend lives next door but one (= two houses from me)
  • Liverpool are last but one in the football league.

each other and one another

1. Each other and one another mean the same.

  • Mary and I write to each other/ one another every day
  • They sat without looking at each other/one another.

2. There is a possessive each other’s/ one another’s

  • We often borrow each other’s clothes.
  • They stood looking into one another’s eyes

Each other/ one another are not used as subjects

  • We must each listen carefully to what the other says
    (NOT we must listen carefully to what each other say.)

3. Note the difference between each other/ one another and
ourselves/yourselves/themselves.

Compare:

  • They were looking at each other
    (= Each person was looking at the other)
  • They ware looking at themselves
    (= Each person was looking at him or herself)

each and every

1. We use each to talk about two or more people or things.
We use every to talk about three or more (instead of “every two” we say both)

2. We say each when we are thinking of people or things separately, one at a time.
We say every when we are thinking of people or things together, in a group (Every is closer to all)

Compere:

  • We want each child to develop in his or her own way
  • We want every child to be happy
  • Each person in turn went to see the doctor
  • He gave every patient the same medicine.

The difference is not always very great, and often both words are possible.

  • You look more beautiful each/every time I see you.

too- either

We use too and either at the end of a sentence.

We use too after a positive verb: We use either after a negative verb:
• A: I‘m happy. • A: I‘m not happy.
B: I’m happy too. B: I‘m not happy either, (not ‘I‘m not… too’)
• A: I enjoyed the film. • A: I can’t cook.
B: I enjoyed it too. B: I can‘t either, (not ‘I can’t too’)
• Mary is a doctor. Her husband is a doctor too. • Bill doesn’t watch TV. He doesn‘t read newspapers either.