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Lollipop^^ Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
a fuzzling 'all'?
The land stretching away to the left all belongs to Mrs. Thomson.
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I think 'land' is a countable noun and thus 'belongs' is a correct form as the verb of the sentence.
And yet I don't know what the word 'all' does mean on the sentence.
As I think, 'all' means 'the land'.
But there is a problem with it. That is, the word 'the land' is singular whereas the word 'all' is plural.
How can I solve this problem...?
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I think 'land' is a countable noun and thus 'belongs' is a correct form as the verb of the sentence.
And yet I don't know what the word 'all' does mean on the sentence.
As I think, 'all' means 'the land'.
But there is a problem with it. That is, the word 'the land' is singular whereas the word 'all' is plural.
How can I solve this problem...?
Top answer
all of can mean 'the whole of'' All of the land - the whole area of land on the left belongs to ... Other examples. You greedy pig!
- all of can mean 'the whole of'' All of the land - the whole area of land on the left belongs to ...
- Other examples.
- You greedy pig!
- You ate all of the cake by yourself!
- (one big cake - the whole thing) Can you carry all of the shopping?
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all of can mean 'the whole of''
All of the land - the whole area of land on the left belongs to ...
Other examples.
You greedy pig! You ate all of the cake by yourself! (one big cake - the whole thing)
Can you carry all of the shopping?
All of the land - the whole area of land on the left belongs to ...
Other examples.
You greedy pig! You ate all of the cake by yourself! (one big cake - the whole thing)
Can you carry all of the shopping?
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