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We can use every one without a noun.
Every one is broken.
i've read every one.

Every is used with a plural noun in expressions like every three days,
every six weeks.
/ go to Italy every six weeks.

Everybody, everyone and everything are used with singular verbs, like
every.
Everybody has gone home.
(NOT Everybodyhave ...)
Everything is ready.

For he or she etc or they etc after every, everybody, see 307.
For each and every (meaning), see 104.

118 except

except + infinitive without to
except + me/him etc

When we put a verb after except, we usually use the infinitive without fo.
We can't do anything except wait.
He does nothing except eat all day.

After except, we put object pronouns (me, himetc), not subject
pronouns.
Everybody understands except me.
We're all ready except her.
But (meaning ‘except’) is used in the same way. See 75.
For the difference between except and except for, see 119.

119 except and except for

We can use except or except for after all, any, every, no, anything/body/
one/where, everything/body/one/where, nothing/body/one/where, and
—
whole that is to say, words which suggest the idea of a total.
In other cases we usually use except for, but not except.
Compare:
He ate everything on his plate except (for) the beans.
He ate the whole meal except (for) the beans.
He ate the meal except for the beans.
(NOT ... exeeptthe-beans-)