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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

if at all

I may be wrong somewhere, and if at all, I hope other's will correct it.



Is this sentence correct?

Please help me.
  

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I may be wrong somewhere, and I hope others will correct it if at all possible . I know that is not the meaning you intended, but 'if at all' stuck in the middle without any clear reference is odd indeed.

— Mister Micawber

  • I may be wrong somewhere, and I hope others will correct it if at all possible .
  • I know that is not the meaning you intended, but 'if at all' stuck in the middle without any clear reference is odd indeed.
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I may be wrong somewhere, and I hope others will correct it if at all possible.

I know that is not the meaning you intended, but 'if at all' stuck in the middle without any clear reference is odd indeed.
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Can I say,

If at all you can help me, please help me.

Do you think you can complete the task which at all very difficult?

Please help me.
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Try these:

If you can help me at all, please help me.
Do you think you can complete a task which is at all difficult?

The little fixed expression, 'if at all', cannot be used with such abandon, Gary; it remains a bound expression. I would call it a sort of 'tag intejection'. It appears in a limited number of situations like these:
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