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Adrenalinman Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

All the book or all of the book ?

I have read all the book

I have read all of the book

Can we use all of with a singular noun like in the second sentence ?

  

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[1] I have read all the book . [2] I have read all of the book . Yes, you can.

— BillJ

  • [1] I have read all the book .
  • [2] I have read all of the book .
  • Yes, you can.
  • Both underlined NPs (noun phrases) are fine and have the same meaning, though the grammar is slightly different.
  • In [1] "book" is head of the NP and the determinative all functions as predeterminer.
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[1] I have read all the book.

[2] I have read all of the book.

Yes, you can. Both underlined NPs (noun phrases) are fine and have the same meaning, though the grammar is slightly different.

In [1] "book" is head of the NP and the determinative all functions as predeterminer. In [2] the head of the NP is not "book" but the fused determiner-he

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