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Nina_Nia Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

All/all of the/all the

Hello,

Is there any difference between all something, all of the something, all the something?
Eg.,
All friends, all of the friends, all the friends.

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Usually, there's no difference in meaning except with singular, countable nouns, I think. All of the chicken was eaten. (=there was nothing left of the chicken) All (of) the chickens were eaten.

— Ivanhr

  • Usually, there's no difference in meaning except with singular, countable nouns, I think.
  • All of the chicken was eaten.
  • (=there was nothing left of the chicken) All (of) the chickens were eaten.
  • (=every single one was eaten)
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Usually, there's no difference in meaning except with singular, countable nouns, I think.

All of the chicken was eaten. (=there was nothing left of the chicken)

All (of) the chickens were eaten. (=every single one was eaten)
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