However, if we wish to specify the things or people under discussion, we can use all or all of with nouns and pronouns and the correspondingly correct singular or plural verb forms.. Com[r]
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"All is" or "All are"?
« on: April 07, 2010, 11:39:03 PM » Every and all
Why is it that words such as everybody are followed by the verb in the singular, e.g Everybody needs some fun? Can this rule be applied to words such as everyone, everything?
A question concerning concord; what kind of verb goes with all Is it singular or plural: All is finished or All are finished?
Every
Every, like each, is always used with a singular noun form and therefore with a singular verb form in English because we are counting the things or people that we are talking about separately one by one:
* Every child in the class plays a musical instrument
(2)everybody / everyone / everything
It is true that everybody and everyone refers to everybody and everyone in a group of people and everything refers to everything in a group of things Even so, they are still perceived individually or as a totality, so the singular verb form is still maintained: * Is everybody happy with that? Does everyone understand my position? * Everything she owns has been stolen
all - with singular verb forms
All is more often used with plural verb forms, though sometimes it is used with singular verbs This happens when we are referring to all as a totality of items under
consideration Here, all is close in meaning to everything: * Is all well with you?
* Don't cry! All that matters is that you are safe
* That is all she has in her suitcase: a blouse, two dresses and a pair of sandals * All she wants now is to get back home to her parents
* All that happened was that she got on to the wrong train
Note that in this sense, all is often used together with a relative that-clause, all that matters, all she wants, etc In your example, Ihsan, as there is no relative clause following all, we would be more likely to say:
* Is everything finished? ~ Yes, everything is finished
All - with plural or singular verb forms
However, if we wish to specify the things or people under discussion, we can use all or all of with nouns and pronouns and the correspondingly correct singular or plural verb forms Compare the following:
Is everything finished?
(3)Have all (of) the presents been distributed? All (of) my friends have come to my party
All of us are going to Sam's party next week We're all going All of them were singing Happy Birthday
They were all singing Happy Birthday when the lights went out
Note from the above examples that all and all of are mainly used with uncountable (e.g cake) and plural (e.g presents, friends) nouns With personal pronouns, two realisations are possible, e.g all of us or we all
all - for emphasis
Finally note that all can be used for emphasis with certain adjectives and adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions Here, all is close in meaning to completely:
* Your feet are all wet Have your boots got a hole in them? * I got scared, ran off and left her all alone
* All around me I could hear people calling her name * Tell me all about your kayak trip up the estuary
* I got sunburn and it was all because I didn't have a wide-brimmed hat
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv266.shtml)
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Re: "All is" or "All are"?
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2010, 11:49:32 PM »
Mình tạm thống kê lại thành :
- Every (với nghĩa each) ln với is (vì số ít)
- All (với nghĩa tất cả) kèm với danh từ( số nhiều) thơng thường với are Ex : All my friends are from Vinh
(4)của gần every - giống everything.)
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