Everywhere: in or to all places

The idea

Use everywhere for location or movement: flowers everywhere or take it everywhere. Everywhere else means all other places.

Examples

• I looked everywhere for my keys.
• There are flowers everywhere in the garden.
• She takes her notebook everywhere.
• The children left toys everywhere in the living room.
• We found seats here, but everywhere else was full.
• This map shows where the rain fell; it did not rain everywhere.

Watch out

Not everywhere means that the statement is not true in every place; it does not necessarily mean nowhere.

Try it yourself

1. Choose the word for all relevant places. There were toys all over the room: they were ___. (everywhere / somewhere)

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   everywhere

   Everywhere covers all the relevant places.

2. Choose the phrase for all the other places. This café has seats, but ___ is full. (everywhere else / here)

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   everywhere else

   Everywhere else refers to the other places.

3. Interpret the statement. It did not rain everywhere. What must be true? (At least one place had no rain. / No place had rain.)

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   At least one place had no rain.

   The rain missed at least one area; the sentence does not say it missed all areas.

Use it today

Describe something you see everywhere in a room or take everywhere you go.