Common_Errors_in_English_usage

But when something happens only occasionally, it happens "every" so
often.
EVERY SINCE/EVER SINCE
The expression is not "every since" but "ever since."
EVERYDAY
"Everyday" is a perfectly good adjective, as in "I'm most comfortable in
my everyday clothes." The problem comes when people turn the adverbial
phrase "every day" into a single word. It is incorrect to write "I take
a shower everyday." It should be "I take a shower every day."
EVERYTIME/EVERY TIME
"Every time" is always two separate words.
EVIDENCE TO/EVIDENCE OF
You can provide evidence to a court, even enough evidence to convict
someone; but the standard expression "is evidence of" requires "of"
rather than "to" in sentences like this: "Driving through the front
entrance of the Burger King is evidence of Todd's inexperience in
driving." You can also omit the pronoun altogether by using "evidences"
or "evidenced": "his driving evidences (or evidenced) his inexperience."
EVOKE/INVOKE
"Evoke" and "invoke" are close together in meaning, and are often
confused with each other.
The action of "invoking" is usually more direct and active. It
originally involved calling upon or summoning up a god or spirit. An
invocation calls upon whatever is invoked to do something or serve a
function. "Invoke" now can also be used to mean "to appeal to, to cite":
"in his closing argument, the lawyer invoked the principle of
self­defense."
"Evoke" is usually less purposefully active, more indirect, often used
to mean "suggest." If you invoke the spirit of Picasso, you're trying to
summon his soul up from the grave; but if your paintings evoke the
spirit of Picasso, it means their style reminds viewers of that artist's
work.
EXACT SAME/EXACTLY THE SAME
In casual speech we often say things like, "The fruitcake he gave me was
the exact same one I'd given him last Christmas," but in formal English
the phrase is "exactly the same."
EXALT/EXULT