... I found that every one/each one was broken.

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"After I got the glasses home, I found that every one/each one was broken".

What is the difference between every one/each one? Which is better? The examples are mine
 
1. After I got the glasses home, I noticed that all of them were broken.
2. After I got the glasses home, I noticed that each of them was broken.
3. After I got the glasses home, I noticed that every one of them was broken.

In my opinion, they all have the same speaker meaning (a phrase I learned from @jutfrank ).

Some people might use "found" there. I would not.
 
"After I got the glasses home, I found that every one/each one was broken."
When you put an entire sentence inside quotation marks, and there are no other words either side of the quote, put the full stop inside the quotation marks.
What is the difference between "every one" and "each one"? Which is better? The examples are mine.
There is no difference in meaning. Neither is better than the other. I'd say "After I got the glasses home, I discovered/found/noticed [that] they were all broken".
I have a slight issue with the logic, though. Do you mean they were broken the whole time but you failed to notice that before you got home or that they were broken sometime during the journey to your home?
 
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