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Cho7712 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
position of all
Reading the grammar text, I noticed the below example being indicated by the asterisk.
* The boys waved all at the girls.
(The original sentence : All of the boys waved at the girls.)
? and what I understand is that the above example with an asterisk is correct if 'all' is treated as an adverb having its scope to the following phrase 'at the girls'
?But in the sense of meaning, it can't be used the way it appears to convey the same meaning as being represented in the original sentence.
So that makes this sentence wrong.
Are those two of my thoughts on the right track?
* The boys waved all at the girls.
(The original sentence : All of the boys waved at the girls.)
? and what I understand is that the above example with an asterisk is correct if 'all' is treated as an adverb having its scope to the following phrase 'at the girls'
?But in the sense of meaning, it can't be used the way it appears to convey the same meaning as being represented in the original sentence.
So that makes this sentence wrong.
Are those two of my thoughts on the right track?
Top answer
cho7712 I noticed the below example being indicated by the asterisk. That means the sentence is not grammatical. cho7712 what I understand is that the above example with an asterisk is correct if 'all' is treated as an adverb having its scope to the following phrase 'at the girls' That makes no sense to me.
- cho7712 I noticed the below example being indicated by the asterisk.
- That means the sentence is not grammatical.
- cho7712 what I understand is that the above example with an asterisk is correct if 'all' is treated as an adverb having its scope to the following phrase 'at the girls' That makes no sense to me.
- cho7712 it can't be used the way it appears to convey the same meaning as being represented in the original sentence.
- Right.
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cho7712I noticed the below example being indicated by the asterisk.That means the sentence is not grammatical.
cho7712what I understand is that the above example with an asterisk is correct if 'all' is treated as an adverb having its scope to the following phrase 'at the girls'That makes no sense to me.
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Thank you for the answer.
Then the example sentence is incorrect no matter what parts of speech the word 'all' is.
So, it would be possible to generalize that,
[verb + all + preposition] is impossible. Is it right thinking?
Then the example sentence is incorrect no matter what parts of speech the word 'all' is.
So, it would be possible to generalize that,
[verb + all + preposition] is impossible. Is it right thinking?
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cho7712So, it would be possible to generalize that,[verb + all + preposition] is impossible. Is it right thinking?No. That's not a valid generalization.
CJ
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