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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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"Everything is all over"

I have seen this sentence in my friend's blog, "Everything is all over" and I thought whether everything is all or all is completely . I think this sentence is kind of ambiguous and either one is possible and it is distinguished by contexts or writers' intention unless 'all over' is just a fixed phrase. What do you teachers think about it? Thank you as usual and I do not know how to thank you enough.
  

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If 'everything' is 'all', then the sentence contains a redundancy. 'All' means completely, but I agree that 'all over' is a fixed phrase.

— Mister Micawber

  • If 'everything' is 'all', then the sentence contains a redundancy.
  • 'All' means completely, but I agree that 'all over' is a fixed phrase.
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If 'everything' is 'all', then the sentence contains a redundancy. 'All' means completely, but I agree that 'all over' is a fixed phrase.
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Thank you sir, but we can see many sentences like 'They are all students' and We are all happy'. Then, you think 'all' here also means 'completely'? Or you just think that everything and all are not a good combination? But we also can see 'all of everything' although I am not sure it it right. What do you think? English is not really easy to
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'All' here' means 'completely'. 'Everything' is already taken care of with 'everything'.
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