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Vdb Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

all is/are

Which of the following sentences would be correct?

a) All I hear about is Peter and his wife.
b) All I hear about are Peter and his wife.
c) All I see are clouds.
  

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I think c) is correct, but I am not so sure about a) and b). What do you guys think?

  • I think c) is correct, but I am not so sure about a) and b).
  • What do you guys think?
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I think c) is correct, but I am not so sure about a) and b). What do you guys think?
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Someone please answer this question! It's been hours!
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Ha!

It's not a straightforward problem. 'All' can be used as a pronoun to refer back to a count noun or a non-count noun

- Silent night, Holy night / All is calm, all is bright

- We are with the kids this Christmas - all are well

What you hear about is almost certainly non-count, so:

- All I hear about is Peter and his wife

If you are lying on
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By the way - posting 'hurry-up' messages doesn't really work! It transfers your question to the "answered" list and makes it look as if someone's already replied

But, all the best anyway, Dave
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vdbSomeone please answer this question! It's been hours!
Have you considered that we actually sleep (for a few hours) sometimes? Also we eat, we go shopping, we take care of kids, we visit with friends, work, etc.
Be patient.
At my location, your first question was posted at 3:17 am.
Your second at 4:35 am.
And the impatient one at 7:53 am.
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Sorry, my intention was not to hustle y'all. I get a little impatient sometimes and I'm not proud of it. I'm working on it...But, thanks for all the help! I do appreciate it from the bottom of my heart!
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AlpheccaStarsposted at 3:17 am. ...
In my time zone, I was sleeping through this entire thread! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!

CJ
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vdba) All I hear about is Peter and his wife.b) All I hear about are Peter and his wife.c) All I see are clouds.
a) OK
b) OK, not my first choice.
c) OK, but "All I see is clouds" also OK.

CJ
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Thanks a lot, CJ! Very kind of you! And as I said earlier, I am working on the impatient part. Sometimes, when I post a question, I just start chomping at the bit...

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