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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

all the time vs. at all times

I'd like to know if there's any difference between
"all the time" and "at all times". Thanks.

Ricky
  

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Anonymous I'd like to know if there's any difference between "all the time" and "at all times". Thanks. Ricky Yes, "all the time" perceives time as an unbroken block and "all the times" sees it as individual moments.

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  • Anonymous I'd like to know if there's any difference between "all the time" and "at all times".
  • Thanks.
  • Ricky Yes, "all the time" perceives time as an unbroken block and "all the times" sees it as individual moments.
  • I cough all the time .
  • (Obviously the coughing is broken by pauses of no coughing, but the persistence of the cough makes the speaker see it as unbroken time) You need to study for your exams all the time.
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AnonymousI'd like to know if there's any difference between
"all the time" and "at all times". Thanks.

Ricky

Yes, "all the time" perceives time as an unbroken block and "all the times" sees it as individual moments.

I cough all the time. (Obviously the coughing is broken by pauses of no coughing, but the persistence of th
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Here's Cambridge's definition of "at all times":

continuously:
When you're at the airport, you should make sure you have your luggage with you at all times.

So I guess its meaning overlapses that of "all the time".
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AnonymousYes, "all the time" perceives time as an unbroken block and "all the times" sees it as individual moments.

Thanks. Can I say that the difference between "all the time" and "at all times" is similar to that between "continuously" and "continually"?

Ricky
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At all time or at all times?
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