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Bamtori Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

all this/ all of this... help~

I need to find some rules on when to use "all this" and not "all of this". Are there some rules where I have to use "all this" and not "all of this"? In this sentence, "What's all this?", can I use "all of this" instead of "all this"? Any help would be appreciated.
  

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Basically, they are interchangeable with nouns and pro-forms, but 'all of' is used with personal object pronouns. All (of) the contestants were losers. All (of) that jazz is unintelligible.

— Mister Micawber

  • Basically, they are interchangeable with nouns and pro-forms, but 'all of' is used with personal object pronouns.
  • All (of) the contestants were losers.
  • All (of) that jazz is unintelligible.
  • All of us were losers.
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Basically, they are interchangeable with nouns and pro-forms, but 'all of' is used with personal object pronouns.

All (of) the contestants were losers.
All (of) that jazz is unintelligible.
All of us were losers.
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