ONE WORD OR TWO?
If you can put another word between them, you'll know to keep them separate. Otherwise, you'll have to check them one by one.
| a lot | Always written as two words |
| A lot of teachers-a whole lot-find [a lot] too informal. | |
| all ready | We were all ready for Grandpa's wedding. |
| already | Those crooks have already taken their percentage. |
| all right | Always two words |
| a long | Childhood seems like a long time. |
| along | They walked along the Navajo Trail. |
| a part | I want a part of the American pie. |
| apart | The twins were rarely apart. |
| at least | Always two words |
| each other | Always two words |
| even though | Always two words |
| everybody | Jimmy's comments incensed everybody. (Every body means every corpse.) |
| every day | It rains every day, every single day. |
| everyday | Fernando put on his everyday clothes. |
| (Every day is much more common than everyday.) |
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Publication information:
Book title: Shortcuts for the Student Writer.
Contributors: Jay Silverman - Author, Elaine Hughes - Author, Diana Roberts Wienbroer - Author.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill.
Place of publication: New York.
Publication year: 2005.
Page number: 10.
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