everyone = all the people: ‘Hurry up! Everyone is waiting for you.’ everyone = each single one (of a group or number): ‘When we examined the books we found that every one of them had a page missing.’ 2
See EVERYBODY everything See EVERYBODY evidence There are no reliable evidences to suggest that the situation is improving.
There is no reliable evidence to suggest that the situation is improving. This true story provides an evidence of the power of advertising.
This true story provides evidence of the power of advertising. Evidence is an uncountable noun: ‘Medical evidence suggests that men are more likely to have heart attacks than women.’ exam/examination It
happened a few years ago when I was making my university entrance exams.
It happened a few years ago when I was taking my university entrance exams. take/sit (for)/have/do an examination (NOT make): ‘Of all the students who took the exam, only 45% passed.’ ‘I sit my final exams next July. Note that sit (for) an examination is not used in American English. 2
Unfortunately, I didn’t pass in the exam.
Unfortunately, I didn’t pass the exam. pass/fail an examination (WITHOUT in): ‘She passed all six examinations at the first attempt.’ Compare: ‘I passed the written paper but failed (on) the oral test.’ ‘She did well in chemistry but failed (in) maths.’ example 1
Medicine is a good example for something that we pass from one generation to the
next.
