How to use all in a sentence The whole of one's fortune, resources, or energy The brave defenders gave their all. 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 You use all to refer to the whole of a particular period of time George had to cut grass all afternoon All is also a predeterminer She's worked all her life. The whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration)
All, everyone • you say • you can also say They all liked the film All people liked the film •you use everyone when talking about all of the members of a group of people. The whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration).
See examples of all used in a sentence. Definition of all determiner in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. The bare form all is used with articles and pronouns, which it precedes (as in english) All die sachen (“all the things”) All dies [es] gerede (“all this chitchat”)
