ALL (AS A PRONOUN)

Hello again and welcome back to the Daily Vitamin.

In today's lesson we continue looking at the different uses of ALL in English.

USE 3: As a pronoun.

Example 1: All was quiet in the street outside.

USE 4: Followed by OF

Example 2: All of the people in the bar are smoking; it's impossible to breathe.

Remember that on Monday we said that all the people is usually everybody. If we wish to use an expression with all, we would most likely use ALL OF, like example 2.

We could also change example 2 to the following:

Example 2 (bis): Everybody in the bar is smoking; it's impossible to breathe.

USE 5: as an adverb.

Example 3: She felt all alone in the unknown city. She missed her family.

Example 4: I forgot all about our anniversary. I feel so stupid! I'm sorry.

⇒ As always, in order to get some writing practice in English, I encourage you to write your own sentences using the 3 uses of ALL explained in today's lesson. You can post your sentences to one of our social media sites (Facebook or Bluesky) and we will give you feedback about your writing ASAP.

I hope you found this review of ALL useful.

Have an excellent rest of the day!