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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

It is all my fault

Hello, teachers. All of a sudden, I would like to know the speech part of "all" here in this sentence, 'It is all my fault'. I think 'all' here means 'completely'. What do you teachers think about it? Thank you as usual and have a good day.
  

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I would call it a predeterminer (or predeterminer-quantifier). htm

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I would call it a predeterminer (or predeterminer-quantifier).

http://grammar.about.com/od/pq/g/Predeterminer.htm
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AnonymousI would like to know the speech part of "all" here in this sentence, 'It is all my fault'. I think 'all' here means 'completely'.
Under that interpretation, 'all' is an adverb. Merriam-Webster lists it as an adverb in that meaning (wholly, entirely).

It is [all / entirely] my fault.
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In another interpretatio
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'It is [all my fault]'.

"All" is a predeterminer, a kind of modifier that expresses quantification. It modifies the NP "my fault".

BillJ
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These are all my clothes. All my clothes are ... All of my clothes are ... No other of my clothes are ...
This is all my fault. All my fault is ... All of my fault is ... No other part of my fault is ...

Same structure? I don't think so. It's

All (of) it (that happened) is my fault.

CJ
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CalifJimThese are all my clothes. All my clothes are ... All of my clothes are ... No other of my clothes are ...This is all my fault. All my fault is ... All of my fault is ... No other part of my fault is ...Same structure? I don't think so. It'sAll (of) it (that happened) is my fault.
I would say that "it" is a pro-form referring to something mentioned earl
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BillJI would say that "it" is a pro-form
Yes, but I don't see the relevance of this fact to the analysis of 'all'.
BillJIt is best to analyse the surface structure of the clause.
Do you regard the interpretation of 'all' as an adverb meaning 'entirely' as a violation of this principle?

CJ
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CalifJimBillJI would say that "it" is a pro-formYes, but I don't see the relevance of this fact to the analysis of 'all'.BillJIt is best to analyse the surface structure of the clause. Do you regard the interpretation of 'all' as an adverb meaning 'entirely' as a violation of this principle?
You said: "It's All (of) it (that happened) is my fault", but I don'
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Thanks. I'm having trouble getting used to all these subtleties.

CJ
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Billj:

What is the function of all after a pronoun? Some kind of adjunct?:

You ate it all.
Bless us all.

Thanks,
A-
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AlpheccaStarsWhat is the function of all after a pronoun? Some kind of adjunct? ...
Good question. And while we're on the subject, Billj, these look the same as Alphecca's examples, but are they?

They all were students.
We all were tired.

And then how does the analysis change (if it does) when all moves:

They were all stu
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