Collective aspect

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What's the meaning of "collective aspects" in this sentence?? The phrase "all told" can be applied to numerical sums or to the collective aspects of something.

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Hasibrahmancollective aspects

This refers to the parts of the previous text that can be added together to produce a total of some kind.

In a text you can mention a variety of different bits of data. It's usually numeric data, but (see the last example below) it can be anything that can be summarized. Then at the end of this discussion, you can say "All told," and summarize the various items you have mentioned.

So "All told," is like "In summary,", so it almost always occurs as the first two words (with a comma) of the last sentence of a paragraph.

Ferrari, the most storied team in Formula 1 history, generated more than double the revenue of the typical team last season. Its red-and-yellow stallion logo is known the world over. The team's popularity prompted the automaker to open 34 apparel stores in four continents in recent years, selling goods emblazoned with the Ferrari name. All told, these sales added more than $100 million to company coffers last year.

The on-campus home of the Hawks basketball teams was originally named Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse for the Saint Joseph's graduates who gave their lives in World War II. The building was officially dedicated on November 11, 1949, and two weeks later played host to its first basketball game, a 62–46 loss to Rhode Island on November 26. Following that initial setback, SJU would go on to win the next 23 games in the friendly confines of the Fieldhouse. Overall, the Hawks have compiled an impressive 305–76 record (80.0 winning percentage) on Hawk Hill. Among the highlights of the Hawks' home court advantage was a 34-game winning streak from the late 1950s to the early 1960s, an 11–0 record in 2000–01, and the unbeaten 11–0 mark as the Hawks made their perfect season run in 2003–04. All told, SJU has had only two losing records in the Fieldhouse over 57 seasons.

The new film finds Baruchel's physics-nerd character, Dave Stutler, struggling with the mantle of his magical destiny. Ancient sorcerer and Merlin disciple Balthazar Blake (Cage) trains the New York college student to battle bad guys (led by Alfred Molina) who want to free Merlin's nemesis, Morgana, and, you know, end the world. Along the way, Dave is distracted by the chance to romance his forever-crush Becky (Teresa Palmer), while the fate of Balthazar's lost love, Veronica (Monica Bellucci), is unsettled. All told, it's the type of thing Baruchel got into acting for in the first place.

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