Hi I am confused now by the answers.
Could someone tell me whether the following two sentences mean the same. could I write boths?
All Students should have a student id.
Each student should have a student id.
2006-12-26 09:12:02 · 23 answers · asked by Iwanttoknow 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It depends on the sentences around. In general though, no. ALL STUDENTS refers to everybody where EACH STUDENT just refers to everybody in a smaller group.
i.e. (in a school) ALL STUDENTS should have an ID.
(in a class) EACH STUDENT in the 10th grade should have an ID.
If you use each student you must specify a group.
2006-12-26 09:21:52 · answer #1 · answered by Zaza 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
I know we're just splitting hairs here. They both mean the same thing but if you want to clearly convey that all of the students should have a student id, you would say every student should have a student id. It flows better.
2006-12-26 09:27:25 · answer #2 · answered by Sweet Mystery of Life 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They both mean the same but I think that better would be
Every student ought to have student identification
or
Every student ought to have a student ID card.
2006-12-28 02:13:18 · answer #3 · answered by MI5 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, you need to miss out the 'a', so that it reads either
all students should have student id, or
each student should have student id.
If you are still unsure why not phrase it as: student id is required by all students!
2006-12-26 09:58:55 · answer #4 · answered by just trying to make a difference 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"All Students should have a student id." is correct.
"Each student should have a student id." is correct but not used. It should be like "Each student should have a unique student id"
2006-12-26 09:22:57 · answer #5 · answered by mandeep 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe they mean the same thing. If you wrote both, you would be repeating yourself. Not sure if it was just a typo or not, but in the first sentence, students shouldn't be capitalized.
2006-12-26 09:22:20 · answer #6 · answered by cey12000 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Each student should have a student ID sounds better and is more correct. I guess you could write both but the second one is better.
2006-12-26 09:15:26 · answer #7 · answered by don't stop the music ♪ 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
The second is preferable but let's not be pedantic, I interpret both phrases as meaning that anyone deemed to be a student should possess an ID.
2006-12-26 09:18:01 · answer #8 · answered by guernsey_donkey2 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
They both mean the same thing although I prefer the second-no reason.
2006-12-26 14:33:42 · answer #9 · answered by rhymer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally I think it should read
"Every student shoud have student ID".
2006-12-26 09:14:14 · answer #10 · answered by Rich T 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋