All/everything
·She is everything to him.
·She is all to him.
Does the second one sound OK? If it does, does it mean the same as the first one?
Top answer
There is nothing ungrammatical in She is all to him and in theory it has the same meaning as She is everything to him. However, it is wrong for the simple reason that people don't use it. English is a very peculiar language.
- There is nothing ungrammatical in She is all to him and in theory it has the same meaning as She is everything to him.
- However, it is wrong for the simple reason that people don't use it.
- English is a very peculiar language.
- Words often have to be used the same way everybody else uses them and there is very little choice.
- I have been told by native speakers that native speakers don't use the infinitive as the grammatical subject.
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There is nothing ungrammatical in She is all to him and in theory it has the same meaning as She is everything to him. However, it is wrong for the simple reason that people don't use it. English is a very peculiar language. Words often have to be used the same way everybody else uses them and there is very little choice.
I have been told by native speakers that native spea
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