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Akdom Posted 17 years ago
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All developers the world over

"Sun Microsystems is looking for a few good developers. In fact, according to Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz, the company is in recruitment mode to gain the attentions of all developers the world over."
"all developers the world over."???
It doesn't make sense to me. Shouldn't it be "...to gain the attentions of all developers over the world?"
  

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Hi akdom, "The world over" is an idiomatic phrase that means "all over the world," so it means all developers everywhere.

  • Hi akdom, "The world over" is an idiomatic phrase that means "all over the world," so it means all developers everywhere.
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Hi akdom,

"The world over" is an idiomatic phrase that means "all over the world," so it means all developers everywhere.

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