The governor mounted a halfhearted campaign for the presidency but didn't. • there was a sound of. You use all to refer to a situation or to life in general.
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• katie's toys were spread out all over the floor. All is silent on the island now. • there are leaves all over the car.
Like quentin delapierre and his crew, we are all looking in the same direction.
Putting all of one's available resources into an effort: See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. When 'all' is a pronoun, it can come with both singular and plural nouns. The meaning of all is the whole amount, quantity, or extent of.
We use all (of) the (with an article), when we're talking about a specific group of the noun. As you'll have read in our news pages, all has not been well of late. Discover the shared vision of @sailgpfra and @all for more responsible travel, hospitality, and experiences. The whole number of (used in referring to individuals or particulars, taken collectively):
• the choir has sung in concerts all over the country.
When 'all' refers to a group of people/things as a unified whole, it comes with a singular verb, but when 'all' refers to multiple groups. There are 63 meanings listed in oed's entry for the word all, two of which are labelled obsolete. Every one (of), or the complete amount or number (of), or the whole (of): The whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration):
When we say all (of) the students, we're talking about a specific group of students. How to use all in a sentence. • she had flour and stuff all over her hands. Games staking all of one's chips, as in poker.
