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Vincent Teo Posted 10 years ago
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All / all of

How to differentiate all and all of?

I will draw all Singaporean / all of Singaporean assemble at the hall.
  

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Vincent Teo How to differentiate all and all of? 'All of' is wrong without 'the'. I will draw all Singaporeans / all of the Singaporeans to the hall .

— Mister Micawber

  • Vincent Teo How to differentiate all and all of?
  • 'All of' is wrong without 'the'.
  • I will draw all Singaporeans / all of the Singaporeans to the hall .
  • There it makes no difference.
  • However it can: I like all fruits.
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Vincent TeoHow to differentiate all and all of?
'All of' is wrong without 'the'.

I will draw all Singaporeans / all of the Singaporeans to the hall.

There it makes no difference. However it can:

I like all fruits. (This statement includes every kind of fruit in existence.)
I like all of the fruits
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Vincent TeoHow to differentiate all and all of?
all can occur directly before a singular non-count noun. all sugar, all wine, all jewelry, all furniture, ...

all can occur directly before a plural count noun. all tables, all ovens, all people, all children, all computers, ...

all of cannot occur before suc
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