"After all" usage - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Apr 28, 2016 · "Because, after all, everything gets recycled eventually.", again with a similar meaning but not restricted to a specific set of events which have occurred, instead reflecting a more general tone. Either way, to me it seems to signify a somewhat unexpected outcome has occurred after some, perhaps long-running, work or activity has taken place.
idioms - Actual meaning of 'After all' - English Language Learners ...
Nov 6, 2016 · I'm sorry, but we’ve decided not to come after all. used when giving a reason to explain what you have just said She shouldn’t be working so hard – she is 70, after all. I’m not really ambitious. After all, money isn’t everything. I don't understand what 'after all' exactly means in both of these usages in the sentences above.
meaning - Difference between "After all, ...?" and "... anyway ...
The second comes after a sentence like. All the nerds in my uni sweat day and night over their Quantum thesis'. ...
word choice - Difference between 'all' and 'all the' - English …
Nov 10, 2010 · All the users and all of the users are interchangeable. With the, the reference is to specific items (e.g. the users of this program). However, all users is general, referring to every user in the world. It is not interchangeable with all the users/all of the users.
phrases - Synonym for a specific usage of "after all" - English ...
Mar 5, 2011 · Running away was in his nature, after all. (If you can think of a better example sentence, please let me ...
When to put "of" after "all"? [duplicate] - English Language
Aug 10, 2014 · When should one use of following all to make all of, and when should one drop the of and just use all all by itself? For example, in this sentence: How come I can understand spoken American English better than British English in all its variants? Is an of required after the all, making it all of its variants instead?
Subject-verb agreement after "all" - English Language Learners …
Aug 15, 2016 · All (that) I +verb is actually an object in the front position and the real subject is delayed. We find it after be. The traditional agreement (a singular noun agrees with a singular and a plural noun with a plural verb form ) is valid. But when all is a direct object we can use either a single or a plural verb after the clause. We can consider ...
grammatical number - Using "are/is" after a list with "and/or ...
Possible Duplicate: Singular or plural following a list James and Mark are going to help you. Here, I use 'are' because the subject is plural. James or Mark are going to help you. James or Mark is
Should I use singual or plurar for noun after "to all"
Jun 23, 2021 · To all (the) soccer fanboys. NGram tell you that both singular and plural nouns are commonly used after all. (Note that to all the is more common than to all without "the"). Cambridge describes the use of all saying. All means ‘every one’, ‘the complete number or amount’ or ‘the whole’. We use it most often as a determiner.
adjectives - "the" before or after "all" - English Language & Usage ...
Assignments must be done by all students Every student must do the assignments. This could mean the same thing as the first, or not, depending on whether we've a context that defines a particular group, whereas one that gives us a different interpretation of "all students" (generally all taking a particular course, all in a particular school or ...