"I need to work overtime every day this week."
Translation:我这个星期每天要加班。
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Why does timing information get accepted at the start of the sentence sometimes but rejected at other times ? It seems inconsistent.
In general, time words can go before or after the subject. Sometimes Duo's database is simply missing correct variations. More variations are being added as time goes on, however!
If Chinese proceeds in descriptions from the large to the small, then it must be the case that 每天, depsite meaning everyday, is inferior to 这个星期, a specific numeral. 对，每天，但是因为只是这个星期，所以这个每天真不是每天。
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It depends on the context.
都 means All, and since the subject is singular "I", adding 都 is wrong in a strict sense. We can say somehow 我们明天都要加班(none of us is spared).
If the context is I work overtime today, and tomorrow it will be the same, the correct way to say it is 我明天 也 要加班. Using 都 is the way in Cantonese.
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Yes and no. 我这个星期每天都要加班。is a correct sentence. 都 mostly acts on the phrase in front of it i.e 每天in this sentence. Your perception that it only acts on plural is incorrect.
