All is welcome, or All are welcome?

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lpt575

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Can someone tell me which of the following is correct usage with the word all in this sentence?

All is welcome
All are welcome

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konungursvia

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All (for "people") is necessarily plural in English, although in the Latin languages there are singular and plural equivalents: "all are ...." is correct, unless you mean a singular equivalent to "everything": all is forgiven.
 
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