‘Any time’ と ‘All the time’ と ‘Every time’ の違いは?

‘Any time‘ は、今日の朝８時でも、明日の午後３時でも、はたまた来週でもどんな時でも大丈夫！という時に使います。日本語の”いつでも”に一番近いニュアンスの表現です。

‘All the time’ は、朝の１２時から夜の１２時まで２４時間、３６５日ずっと、という意味です。

例えば、友達から”後で電話するね！”と言われた時、もしいつ電話が来ても良いなら、”Call me any time” と言えます。でも、”Call me all the time” とは言わないはず。いくら友達でも、毎日毎日、一日中その人と電話している訳にはいかないですからね。

‘Every time’ は、何かの出来事とセットで使います。”Aが起こる時には、いつも必ずBも起こる”、といった具合です。

例えば・・・

Every time I see you, I feel happy.
Every time I eat chocolate, I get a little fatter.

== よくある間違い ==

He is so happy. He is smiling every time.
“When do you want to go to the doctor?” “ All the time is OK for me.”

Problems

Very different or opposite to intended meaning! E.g. 'I want to saw you every day.' ( = あなたを毎日、のこぎりで真っ二つにしたい。)
Problem with spelling or capitalisation, e.g. 'Munday, tuesday'
Problem with punctuation, e.g. 'I like, apples pears and bananas.'
Wrong word order, e.g. 'I you love.' > 'I love you.'
Missing word(s), e.g. 'This flower _ beautiful.'
Extra word(s), e.g. 'An elderly old man'
Right word but wrong form, e.g. 'I loving you.' > 'I love you.'
Wrong word(s) (different meaning), e.g. 'Humans have 10 fingers on their feet' ('fingers' > 'toes')
Word doesn't fit with other word(s), e.g. 'on June' > 'in June'
This word not in the dictionary! E.g. 'speaked'
Problem with time, e.g. 'I remembered it tomorrow.'
Problem with number, e.g. 'one friends'
Meaning not clear: teacher is guessing, e.g. 'Go because elephant.' (? 'Get out of the way because an elephant is coming.')
Teacher cannot guess meaning, e.g. 'Happily because now elephant.'

Improvement

There is a word or phrase that more exactly says what you wanted to say. E.g. 'My best friend has died. I'm not happy.' > 'My best friend has died. I'm devastated.' (Similar to .)
There is a word/phrase that fits better in this phrase/sentence. (Similar to .)
There is a clearer or much simpler way to say this. E.g. 'It is less difficult in my thinking than it was in the previous cases.' > 'It's easier for me now.'
There is a more natural way to say this. E.g. 'I have painfulness of the tooth.' > 'I have a toothache.'
There is a more natural way to say this in modern English. E.g. 'I do love thee.' > 'I love you.'
There is a more conversational way to say this. E.g. 'My physical condition has greatly improved.' > 'I'm much better now.'

‘Any time’ と ‘All the time’ と ‘Every time’ の違いは?

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