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BW2/3 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

animals

It is a moutain zoo, full of varties of exhibition animals.

One thing about getting into the big zoo with the map they gave you, I felt to explore this zoo with excitement.

One thing that bothered me was all captured animals seemed not happy or alive.

Are they OK?

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It is a mountain zoo, exhibiting a variety of animals. With the map they gave me, I explored this zoo excitedly. One thing that bothered me was that all the animals seemed unhappy and almost lifeless.

— Mister Micawber

  • It is a mountain zoo, exhibiting a variety of animals.
  • With the map they gave me, I explored this zoo excitedly.
  • One thing that bothered me was that all the animals seemed unhappy and almost lifeless.
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It is a mountain zoo, exhibiting a variety of animals.
With the map they gave me, I explored this zoo excitedly.
One thing that bothered me was that all the animals seemed unhappy and almost lifeless.
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I would put 'of' in-between 'all' and 'the.' Is this just idiomatic?
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ADJECTIVE: 1. Being or representing the entire or total number, amount, or quantity: All the windows are open. Deal all the cards.

courtesy American Heritage Dictionary.
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Oh, I agree you are right, but it sounds equally right with 'of' in there. Is this just idiomatic?
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Not idiomatic; of is a valid option. Actually, I am surprised that the AH Dictionary did not mention it in that definition. In grammar books it is often presented as:

All (of) my friends are gay.
All (of) the animals are sad.
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