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- 15-Jul-2010, 16:48 #1
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All anybody What does it mean? Like in
All anybody posted on it were pictures.
- 15-Jul-2010, 16:58 #2
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Teacher Re: All anybody The only thing that any person posted on it were pictures.
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- 15-Jul-2010, 17:01 #3
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Re: All anybody *** Not A Teacher *** Originally Posted by supernova101
anybody means anyone. Also you can omit "all" because I think it doesn't add additional explanation I mean its not so important. Its sense to say:
anyone posted on it were pictures.
- 15-Jul-2010, 17:04 #4
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Teacher Re: All anybody No - the "all" is needed because it talks about what was posted - not figures, not black and white signs, all they posted were pictures. Originally Posted by atchan
- 15-Jul-2010, 17:10 #5
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Re: All anybody Thank you for your explanation. Originally Posted by Gillnetter
- 15-Jul-2010, 21:46 #6
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Re: All anybody ********** NOT A TEACHER ********** Originally Posted by supernova101
Hello, Supernova.
(1) May I make two points?
(2) First, I think (only my opinion) that your sentence would
be easier to understand if you used that:
All that anybody posted on it were pictures.
Your sentence is basically: All were pictures.
"that anybody posted on it" describes all:
All (that anybody posted on it) / were (linking verb) / pictures.
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(2) Second, I think that some strict grammar books suggest that
all = the only thing.
So maybe some books would be more comfortable with:
All that anybody posted on it was pictures. =
The only thing that anybody posted on it was pictures.
Thank you
