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             4  The whole plan            4  The regulations say that   67.3
             5  the whole performance       students must pass every one of  1  was no date
             6  All of the countries        their exams to gain a       2  /  ('is set'  is  also possible)
                                            qualification.              3  we were given was
             65.4
                                          5  Nowadays we seem to have   4  no birds
             1  Not all the children came.
                                            water shortages virtually every  5  no seats
               (Notice, however, that 'All the
                                            year. The one this year was  6  / ('were no police  officers' is
               children didn't come.' might
                                            very bad and lasted all       also possible)
               occur in informal spoken     summer.
               English. 'None of the children'                          7  /
               would mean 'Not one of them.')  6  I hope everyone will be  8  is done
                                            comfortable here. We try to  9  /  ('makes'  is also possible)
             2  Many, if not all (of) the
                                            make each (every is also   10  was no answer
               students
                                            possible) guest feel at home.
             3  •                                                       67.4
                                          7  Everyone calls her Maggie, but
             4  Neither of us spoke again                              Possible answers:
                                            her real name's Margaret.
             5  /                         8  Has anyone seen Lucy      2  We wanted to buy John's car,
             6  both of them teachers                                    but no amount of persuasion
                                            recently? I haven't seen her all
             7  not all (of) these are bad.                              could make him sell it.
                                            day.
             8  •                                                      3  I asked the children if someone
             9  Everyone at the meeting   66.3                           would move the chairs, but not
                                          1  occasionally                one of them offered to help.
                                          2  everyone has their own opinion  4  The damage to the paintings
               UNIT  66                     or likes (to do) different things;  was so extensive that no
                                            we can also say 'each to her (or  amount  of effort could repair
             66.1
                                            his) own'                    them.
              1  every                    3  equally good as; we can use  5  My cousin Frank has written
              2  Each/Every                 adjectives other than 'good' in  six novels, but not one of them
              3  each                       this expression (e.g. 'every bit  has ever been published.
              4  every                      as rich as', 'every bit as  6  Although local residents say
              5  each                       intelligent as')             that they don't want the new
              6  every                    4  an emphatic way of saying 'all  supermarket to be built, no
              7  each/every                 of them'                     amount of protest will prevent
              8  every                    5  in many different directions; an  it. (or ...not one of them has
              9  every                      expression mainly used in    written a letter to the
             10  each ('every' is also possible,  North America.         government about it.)
                but 'each' emphasises that the  6  occasionally
                names are separate and is
                perhaps more likely here)                                UNIT  68
             11  every                      UNIT  67
             12  every                                                 68.1
             13  every                    67.1                          1  few of
             14  each                      2  none of the children      2  a few of
                                           3  none                      3  a little
             66.2
                                           4  no solution               4  little
             1  Each (Every is also possible)  5  no alternative        5  a few of
               member of the team has to   6  None                      6  a little
               undergo a fitness test before
               almost every match.         7  none of the arguments ('none'  7  a few of
                                             (= no person) is also possible  8  the few
             2  All (of) the evidence seems to
                                             here)                      9  few
               suggest that he is innocent, and
               he has every chance of being  8  none                   10  little
                                           9  No author                11  the little
               released soon.
                                          10  none of the books
             3  Each (Every is also possible)  11  none                68.2
               soldier was praised for his/her/                        Most likely changes are given.
               their (we use 'his' if we know  12  No expense          1  I don't have much / haven't got
               that all the soldiers are male,  67.2                     much money myself.
               and 'her' if we know that all  4  Changing jobs wasn't any  2  there aren't many left.
               the soldiers are female;     answer to her problems.    3  I don't usually have many
               otherwise, we use 'their')  5  but there isn't any alternative.  days ...didn't have much
               bravery, and were each given a  8  there aren't any.      energy...
               medal.
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