There is some confusion when it comes to using the words “annual” and “annually.” Because both carry almost the same meaning, which is something that is year based. You have to differentiate between “annual” and “annually” to bring greater clarity to your efforts.
Let’s see some incorrect and correct examples of both the words before starting. Why is there confusion?
Correct: He has won first place in the annual examination.
Incorrect: He has won first place in the annually examination.
Correct: Some animals migrate annually in search of food.
Incorrect: Some animals migrate annual in search of food.
How and When to Use Annual in Sentence
Annual means something that happens once a year. Such as Birthday, Independence Day, Christmas. Since these come only once a year, these are annual.
Some examples of sentences using annual:
- I have missed my office’s annual meeting.
- How much is the annual membership fee?
- Our school’s annual sports competition will be held on December 15th.
- The annual evaporation from water surfaces is from 1524 to 3810 mm.
- The number of annual visitors to the Taj Mahal is about 6.5 million.
- The amount of annual rainfall in India is 300 to 650 mm.
How and When to Use Annually in Sentence
Annually means something that happens every year or per year. For example, yearly meetings, seminars, elections.
Some examples of sentences using annually:
- A formal contract is signed, which is renewable annually.
- The prices of milk and cereals are fixed annually.
- Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.
- They celebrate their wedding ceremony annually.
- The members of this council are elected annually.
- Staff performance is reviewed annually.
Let’s look at a sentence using both annual and annually together.
- I could not be elected as a member of our team annually due to missing the annual meeting.
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