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Michelle Cha Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

All the characters/ All characters

1. All the characters in the book are imaginary.

2. All characters in the book are imaginary.

My book says 'all' in the sentence 1 is an adjective, but I think it is a pronoun and 'all' in the sentence 2 is an adjective. I also reckon there is an omitted word 'of' between 'all' and 'the' in the wentence 1. - that's why I believe 'all' is not an adjective but a pronoun.

I will appreciate very much whether it is an adjective or a pronoun.
  

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Michelle Cha My book says 'all' in the sentence 1 is an adjective You must have a rather old book. 'all' and 'the' are nowadays called determiners, not pronouns, not adjectives. _________ By the way, 'all' and 'both' allow the same patterns: all characters; both characters all the characters; both the characters all of the characters; both of the characters CJ

— CalifJim

  • Michelle Cha My book says 'all' in the sentence 1 is an adjective You must have a rather old book.
  • 'all' and 'the' are nowadays called determiners, not pronouns, not adjectives.
  • _________ By the way, 'all' and 'both' allow the same patterns: all characters; both characters all the characters; both the characters all of the characters; both of the characters CJ
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Michelle ChaMy book says 'all' in the sentence 1 is an adjective
You must have a rather old book.

'all' and 'the' are nowadays called determiners, not pronouns, not adjectives.
_________

By the way, 'all' and 'both' allow the same patterns:

all characters; both characters
all the characters; both the characte
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