How to use all in a sentence All means ‘every one’, ‘the complete number or amount’ or ‘the whole’ We use it most often as a determiner We can use a countable noun or an uncountable noun after it … when all refers to a whole class of people or things, we don’t use the The whole of one's fortune, resources, or energy
The brave defenders gave their all. The whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration) The whole number of (used in referring to individuals or particulars, taken collectively) You use all to refer to a situation or to life in general All is silent on the island now As you'll have read in our news pages, all has not been well of late.
While all these words mean including everything or everyone without exception, all may equal whole, entire, or total. Discover everything about the word all in english
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