"Every X of mine" VS "My every X"

Solution 1:

Personally, I feel that my every X is a more stylised/poetic construction. Perhaps because of that, it feels slightly "dated" to me as a spoken usage.

Apart from that I think it's semantically equivalent to every X of mine. But all my X's seems a more "natural" phrasing to me, and arguably there's a slight shift in emphasis...

Every X of mine places more emphasis on all my X's, considered collectively.
My every X emphasises each one of my X's, considered individually.

Thus, for example, in...

1: John defeated every argument of mine.
2: John defeated my every argument.

...it could be argued that #1 is more appropriate where John has defeated all my arguments using a single line of attack/reasoning, whereas #2 is better where John forensically addressed and defeated each of my arguments using a different counter-argument.

Solution 2:

disclaimer: I'm not a native speaker of English.

"My every" seems to be followed by limited experssions. I searched COCA Corpus. Among the total 255 hits of "my every", there are:

  • my every move(ment): 65
  • my every word: 20

Other examples include: my every nerve/breath/bone/muscle/vein/heartbeat; sense/intention/desire/expectation/thought... Seemingly "physical to yourself", in my poor expression.

It's not absolute but a tendency, yet seems to be a great majority.