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Re: all and everything
All
or
all of the
is normally used adjectivally e.g.
Quote:
I drank all the wine or all of the wine
Quote:
she did all of the work
etc Compare this with
Quote:
I drank everything
Quote:
she did everything
where
everything
functions as a sort of pronoun.
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