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