every thing vs everything
everything
Definitions
- colloquial Many or most things.
Examples
Here we did everything but lift up the old-fashioned coal-burning Aga cooker, which must have weighed a couple of tons at least.
‘On the 18th, we were ‘invaded’ by a flock of over 100 mixed redwings, grackles, starlings, and cowbirds that ate everything in sight and emptied the bird bath in minutes!’
I admire the inventiveness, and while not everything is a raging success, there's a lot to like.
