《大学英语·精读》第二册(上海外语教育出版社,p.58)有这样一道练习题(用括号中所给词的适当形式填空):
His ____ (surprise) recovery delighted everyone of us.
请问 everyone of us 的用法是否正确？
everyone of us 的用法是错误的。F. T. Wood 指出：“Even for people two words must be used when the sense is ‘every single one’.” LDCE 则进一步指出：Everyone (or everybody) can only be used of people and is never followed by ‘of’. 由此看出，从语意上说，当指“每一单个的人”时，必须使用 every one；从惯用法说，everyone 之后绝不可以跟“of”，而必须使用 every one of 的结构。请注意下面例句中的 every one of 结构：
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Every one of them was mud-stained. (CGEL) 他们个个都是满身粘着泥。
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Every one of the girls received a magnificent prize. (CGEL) 这些女孩全都得到了丰厚的奖品。
请注意下面各例中的 everyone 只能指人,并且不能与 of 结构连用:
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Everyone thinks they have a right to be here. (CGEL) 每个人都认为有权在这里。
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Everyone over eighteen now has a vote. (CGEL) 现在凡十八岁以上的人都有选举权。
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Everyone laughed, me included. (Snow) 大家都笑了,包括我在内。