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Amir Oghlow Posted 10 years ago
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"Once I waited for 6 months before she touched me at all"

Can you please clarify what they mean by this sentence?
Does "at all" in this sentence mean "nearly"?
  

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Amir Oghlow at all in any way whatsoever "at all" is used to show that negatives are absolute. I don't know anything at all about black holes. Helen doesn't talk to her sister at all anymore.

— CalifJim

  • Amir Oghlow at all in any way whatsoever "at all" is used to show that negatives are absolute.
  • I don't know anything at all about black holes.
  • Helen doesn't talk to her sister at all anymore.
  • Steve never goes to movies at all these days.
  • CJ
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Amir Oghlowat all
in any way whatsoever

"at all" is used to show that negatives are absolute.

I don't know anything at all about black holes.
Helen doesn't talk to her sister at all anymore.
Steve never goes to movies at all these days.

CJ
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Amir OghlowDoes "at all" in this sentence mean "nearly"?
If I'm not mistaken, it means that she didn't touch you even once during that 6 months.
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Okay,
Could you please explain the whole sentence to me?
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Does the sentence mean "one day before she didn't touch me at all I waited for 6 months."?
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Amir OghlowOnce I waited for 6 months before she touched me at all
= It happened once (one time) that she did not touch me for six months.

CJ
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