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01font00What does "all along" mean? What is the difference between "all along" and "always"? And in which case is it correct to use "all along"?02font02br
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01font00As a time expression, 'all along' means 'during the complete process/event. There's also a sense of mild rebuke i

Hi Clive,

1.Does 'all along' always have a sense of mild rebke in any context or not necessary? Can we use it without a sense of mild rebke?

2."You watched me trying hard to solve this problem and you knew the solution all along."

Can we use 'all this time', 'all the time', 'the whole/entire time' intead of 'all along' in your example above without chaning the meaning?

Hi,

1.Does 'all along' always have a sense of mild rebke in any context or not necessary? Can we use it without a sense of mild rebuke?

Consider 'I was ill for 6 months, and Tom took care of me all along'. There's no rebuke here, just a stress on the duration

2."You watched me trying hard to solve this problem and you knew the solution all along."

Can we use '

Clive2."You watched me trying hard to solve this problem and you knew the solution all along."
Can we use 'all this time', 'all the time', 'the whole/entire time' intead of 'all along' in your example above without changing the meaning? More or less, yes.

Hi Clive,
What do you mean by 'more or less' here? Is there any subtle differ

Hi,

What do you mean by 'more or less' here? Is there any subtle difference among them?

"We talked on the road the whole time/all this time/all the time/all along when going there."
Are these expressions interchangeable here? Yes, but possible small differences may exist in certain contexts. Nonverbal things like tone and expression may also have an effect.

Here are

Hi Clive,

Many thanks for your explanation about the difference.

1.Is there any difference between 'the whole time' and 'the entire time' here?

2."all this time shows we are speaking close to the time we are speaking about"
I'm sorry I can't understand your explanation about 'all this time' here. Could you describe the situation?

3.'We talked on the road all

Hi,

1.Is there any difference between 'the whole time' and 'the entire time' here? Not really. 'Whole' is perhaps more casual.

2."all this time shows we are speaking close to the time we are speaking about"
I'm sorry I can't understand your explanation about 'all this time' here. Could you describe the situation? It's because the use of the word 'this' suggests the time was

Hi Clive,

Thank you very much for your reply. This time, I understand what you meant by 'all this time'.

'We talked on the road all along when going there'

1.Do you mean 'all along' here sounds like we are talking about distance?

2.'We talked all along on the road when going there.'
Does 'all along' here sound like we are talking about the time?

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Hi,

'We talked on the road all along when going there'

1.Do you mean 'all along' here sounds like we are talking about distance?It's not really clear to me what the writer means by the expression here. He should just say what he means in some other way.

2.'We talked all along on the road when going there.'
Does 'all along' here sound like we are talking about the ti

Hi Clive,

Thanks again for your answer.

'He has always wanted to be a teacher.'

Can I use 'all the time' or 'all along' instead of 'always' here?

To me, 'always' seems to mean the same as 'all along' and 'all the time' here.

Thanks a lot.