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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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All my heart

"I love it with all my heart."

How should I parse "all"?

(a) Does it modify "my heart"?

(b) Is it an ellipsis of "all of my heart"?

THANK YOU
  

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all my heart is the object of the preposition with. Some would consider it so, but in my usage, this is not an example of an elipsis, because I don't use of after all, making the construction with all different from "some of the people," five of my children," when I'm including only a part of the whole.

— Philip

  • all my heart is the object of the preposition with.
  • Some would consider it so, but in my usage, this is not an example of an elipsis, because I don't use of after all, making the construction with all different from "some of the people," five of my children," when I'm including only a part of the whole.
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all my heart is the object of the preposition with.

Some would consider it so, but in my usage, this is not an example of an elipsis, because I don't use of after all, making the construction with all different from "some of the people," five of my children," when I'm including only a part of the whole.
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Thank you, sir. So how would you parse "all" in that sentence? Thank you.
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Sorry! I did forget to address that particular part of the question. It is an adjective, modifying heart.
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