All: Introduction

Typical mistakes:

All of children can be naughty sometimes.
All you are wrong. We all are tired.

'All' can be used in several different ways.

1. It often goes together with a noun or pronoun: different positions are possible.

a. All (sometimes followed by 'of') can go before a noun or pronoun.

All (of) my friends like riding.
All children can be naughty sometimes.
I hate all of you.

b. All can go after a noun or pronoun.

We all like your cooking.
The teachers all went on strike.
Love to you all.

2. 'All' also can be used as the subject, object or complement of a sentence.

All I want is a room somewhere.
I've told you all I know.

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