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Believer Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Can all these work?

Hi, Please tell me if the phrases below are functional. I think sentences 1 thru 4 deal with the fact one can conceive those words generally in their abstract sense and also can feel and see them in their concrete individual senses, but can you put a countable noun after the word 'all'?

1. a variety of methodology

2. a variety of methodologies

3. such ordination

4. such an ordination

5. all apple

6. all apples
  

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Hi Believer Some of your examples look and sound rather odd but as you don't provide more context - at least a sentence - it's impossible to say for certain that they are always out of the question. Having a plural noun after all is very common: All road s lead to Rome. You may even have the after all if the reference is to a specific area or a small number of something: All the cat s in this house like warm milk.

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  • Hi Believer Some of your examples look and sound rather odd but as you don't provide more context - at least a sentence - it's impossible to say for certain that they are always out of the question.
  • Having a plural noun after all is very common: All road s lead to Rome.
  • You may even have the after all if the reference is to a specific area or a small number of something: All the cat s in this house like warm milk.
  • Cheers CB
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Hi Believer

Some of your examples look and sound rather odd but as you don't provide more context - at least a sentence - it's impossible to say for certain that they are always out of the question. Having a plural noun after all is very common:

All roads lead to Rome.

You may even have the after all if the reference
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Hi, CB.

Thank you for responding. Would you say, in your opinion, what comes after the word 'all' generally cannot be a count noun? I think I saw a count noun following the word 'all'. Sorry for unable to provide full sentences this time.
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BelieverHi, CB.

Thank you for responding. Would you say, in your opinion, what comes after the word 'all' generally cannot be a count noun? I think I saw a count noun following the word 'all'. Sorry for unable to provide full sentences this time.
Sorry, Beliver, I don't understand your question. As I said, there is nothing w
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