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It seems more adverbial to me. However, it can be hard to judge the individual function of words in such idiomatic patterns.

GPYIt seems more adverbial to me. However, it can be hard to judge the individual function of words in such idiomatic patterns.

Thank you for the reply. My gut feeling is that it is a determiner as it is, in my opinion, for example, in They all ate it.

AnonymousThank you for the reply. My gut feeling is that it is a determiner as it is, in my opinion, for example, in They all ate it.

Are there any other examples of determiners coming after the nouns that they modify?

GPYAre there any other examples of determiners coming after the nouns that they modify?

I think that they may come after pronouns. For example, All these letters must be delivered/Deliver them all.

AnonymousI think that they may come after pronouns. For example, All these letters must be delivered/Deliver them all.

This the same example again though (essentially). I wondered whether there were any different examples.

AnonymousHe ate it all.Is "all" a determiner in the above?

Not according to one our gurus who drops by occasionally (BillJ). He says that constructions like that (it all, them all, us all) are compound pronouns.

See

And I'll give you a nickel if you understand it.

CJ

CalifJimAnd I'll give you a nickel if you understand it.

Thank you for the reply and the link.

Indeed, it's hard to grasp the main point of BJ's argumentation. But where I disagree with him is this:

"You ate it all
Bless us all

The most appropriate analysis, it seems, is that it all and us al

AnonymousIn my opinion, they are separable as, for example, all may be dropped in You at it (all) and Bless us (all).

I'm not sure that dropping one word altogether makes them "separable".

In support of the adverbial interpretation, note "You ate it all" ~ "You ate it in its entirety".