[Grammar] I've led a fulfilling life and enjoy what I do everyday

[Ferdie11]

Hi,

Is this grammatically correct?

I've led a fulfilling life and enjoy what I do everyday.

Thanks.

 

[billmcd]

Sure.

 

[Ferdie11]

Sure.

Shouldn't it be "I've led a fulfilling life and enjoyed what I do everyday"?

 

[billmcd]

Shouldn't it be "I've led a fulfilling life and enjoyed what I do everyday"?

No, simple present ("enjoy") is used primarily to describe something that occurs on a regular basis and in your case as you have stated "everyday". The only thing you might want to do is insert the pronoun "I" before enjoy.

 

[bertietheblue]

Shouldn't that be 'every day'? Isn't 'everyday' only an adjective? It is in the Oxford English Dictionary.

 

[bertietheblue]

Shouldn't it be "I've led a fulfilling life and enjoyed what I do everyday"?

Another problem with this is non-agreement of tenses (the tenses should agree as you are enjoying at the same time as you are doing) in the second clause. You could say:

I enjoy what I do every day [present + present]
I've enjoyed what I've done with my life so far [present prefect + present perfect]

 

[Barb_D]

Shouldn't that be 'every day'? Isn't 'everyday' only an adjective? It is in the Oxford English Dictionary.

You bet. A common mistake even among native speakers. Thank goodness Word notices now when "everyday" isn't before a noun and asks me if that is what I really meant. (And usually it isn't!)