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AskAndAnswer Posted 13 years ago
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What is the difference between these two sentences and which is the correct one?
The sunset covered all of the meadows with a warm sheen.
The sunset covered all the meadows with a warm sheen.
Why would you use one over the other?
The sunset covered all of the meadows with a warm sheen.
The sunset covered all the meadows with a warm sheen.
Why would you use one over the other?
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The "of" in "all of", "out of", and "off of" is often unnecessary, to put it mildly. People use it or not with no thought and intending no difference in meaning or register. We should be more careful when we write, because we have time to think.
- The "of" in "all of", "out of", and "off of" is often unnecessary, to put it mildly.
- People use it or not with no thought and intending no difference in meaning or register.
- We should be more careful when we write, because we have time to think.
- "All of the meadow" is the entire meadow.
- "All the meadows" is every meadow.
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The "of" in "all of", "out of", and "off of" is often unnecessary, to put it mildly. People use it or not with no thought and intending no difference in meaning or register. We should be more careful when we write, because we have time to think.
"All of the meadow" is the entire meadow. "All the meadows" is every meadow. "All of the meadows" is the result of confusing the two forms. ("All
"All of the meadow" is the entire meadow. "All the meadows" is every meadow. "All of the meadows" is the result of confusing the two forms. ("All
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Hi Enoon, could you please tell me if I got these right:
Correct:
Forsake all of your greed, false scheming;
All of the ocean’s harshness came back to life.
A variant of darkness covers all of my realm.
Incorrect:
And witness all of your countless others.
As all of the characters in line were struck by her beauty.
As all of the other st
Correct:
Forsake all of your greed, false scheming;
All of the ocean’s harshness came back to life.
A variant of darkness covers all of my realm.
Incorrect:
And witness all of your countless others.
As all of the characters in line were struck by her beauty.
As all of the other st
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That's a collection of rather pretty phrases. Where did you get them? Some sound old, and I hesitate to mess with them. Things were different in past centuries. Some sound like lines from poems, and you can do things to make the meter work that you can't do in prose.
AskAndAnswerForsake all of your greed, false scheming;all your greed
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I wrote them 
I realize in poetry you can get away with leaving the "of" in, but I was just worried if it was entirely wron
I realize in poetry you can get away with leaving the "of" in, but I was just worried if it was entirely wron
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As they all of the sky there blurred
With an uncharted domination.
This one seems like it would almost be wrong without the "of".
In which case the rule:
"All of the meadow" is the entire meadow.
"All the meadows" is every meadow.
is OK to use? Meaning they blurred the "entire" sky.
With an uncharted domination.
This one seems like it would almost be wrong without the "of".
In which case the rule:
"All of the meadow" is the entire meadow.
"All the meadows" is every meadow.
is OK to use? Meaning they blurred the "entire" sky.
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I replied to my own post at the bottom and unsure if the response also got to you as well...
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AskAndAnswerAs they all of the sky there blurredWith an uncharted domination.That's how I would do it.
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