All an artist can ...
"All an artist can ever give the world is how they interpret those 12 notes abd tell their story"
The above is what I came across on Facebook today.
I wonder how an article 'a' and a singular noun follows 'all'. As I know, 'All' determines plural nouns only when they indicates people such as 'all people, all the people'. But it is used with and as a singular noun, which refers to non human thing, like in 'all that glitters us not gold'.
I want to know the usage of 'all' as a adjective and a pronoun.
As always many thanks teacher.
As alwys
Top answer
Consider these simpler examples. adjective - All men die . pronoun - All that I have is $100.
- Consider these simpler examples.
- adjective - All men die .
- pronoun - All that I have is $100.
- You need to parse the sentence as follows.
- All ( that an artist can ever give the world) is (how they interpret those 12 notes and tell their story).
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Consider these simpler examples.
adjective - All men die.
pronoun - All that I have is $100.
You need to parse the sentence as follows.
All (that an artist can ever give the world) is (how they interpret those 12 notes and tell their story).
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