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All, everything or everybody/ everyone.

Date: Mar 04 2008

Topic: Vocabulary

Author: dare-angel

Lesson



A/- All and everybody/ everyone

 

We do not normally use all to mean everybody/everyone:

   Everybody enjoyed the party, (not 'All enjoyed...')

 

 But note that we say all of us/ you/ them, not 'everybody of...':

All of us enjoyed the party, (not 'everybody of us')

 

B/- All and everything

Sometimes you can use all or everything:

• I’ll do all I can to help,   or I’ll do everything I can to help.

 

You can say 'all I can' / 'all you need' etc. but we do not normally use all alone:

• He thinks he knows everything, (not 'he knows all')

• Our holiday was a disaster. Everything went wrong, (not 'All went wrong')

 

We use all in the expression all about:

• They told us all about their holiday.

We also use all (not 'everything') to mean the only thing(s):

All I've eaten today is a sandwich. (= the only thing I've eaten today)

 

C/- Every/ everybody/ everyone/ everything are singular words, so we use a singular verb:

Every seat in the theatre was taken.

Everybody has arrived, (not 'have arrived')

 

 But we often use they/ them/ their after everybody/ everyone:

Everybody said they enjoyed themselves. (= he or she enjoyed himself or herself)

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Z-ena

Z-ena

Morocco

Thanks So mcuh for the lesson !

Well,I used to ask myself whether use a singular verb or a plural one,but now it's solved ! =)

12:50 PM Mar 21 2008 |

nasci

Morocco

thanks you

10:22 PM Mar 20 2008 |

basi_mca23

India

realy its very useful….....now i learned one sentence to use while speaking is…......"all i can".i dont know the exact meaning, now i have learned.

06:57 PM Mar 20 2008 |

li_eagles

Turkey

thanks

05:58 PM Mar 19 2008 |

athenazhang

China

thanks a lot.it's useful for us.

 

03:24 AM Mar 19 2008 |

armando oliver

Peru

thanks

04:05 PM Mar 18 2008 |

sonnguyenm

Viet Nam

thanks for every useful things

Please send more and more as you can 

11:18 AM Mar 18 2008 |

h_abdi

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

It was very useful for me.

Thank U , PZ send more

07:28 AM Mar 18 2008 |

dare-angel

dare-angel

Morocco

Yeah suxiaojie U're right.

Any way Ihope that U've andertood the lesson.

                     Wish ya all a nice day 

01:31 PM Mar 15 2008 |

Threezer

Threezer

Tanzania, United Republic Of

thank you

09:29 AM Mar 15 2008 |

parachute

parachute

China

good,thank you

 

04:45 AM Mar 15 2008 |

Bizard

Thailand

Great!

11:04 AM Mar 13 2008 |

SÉRGIO

SÉRGIO

Brazil

yeah

10:49 PM Mar 11 2008 |

SÉRGIO

SÉRGIO

Brazil

Before i had some doubts about it, i think it's clear now, nice lesson! thanks and send more!

10:48 PM Mar 11 2008 |

tehransaeed

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

به بچه های ایران سفارش دارم انگلیسی را خوب یاد یگیرند

سعید از کرج

06:29 AM Mar 11 2008 |

tehransaeed

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

it was very good for me

thank you

06:27 AM Mar 11 2008 |

suxiaojie

China

oh, thank you
you say “everybody/everyone is not all”
am i right?

07:21 AM Mar 09 2008 |

drliang

China

that is good!enjoy me and enrich my english knowledge!thank!

08:45 AM Mar 08 2008 |

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