All anybody

[supernova101]

What does it mean? Like in
All anybody posted on it were pictures.

 

[Atchan]

What does it mean? Like in
All anybody posted on it were pictures.

*** Not A Teacher ***

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.

 

[Atchan]

No - the "all" is needed because it talks about what was posted - not figures, not black and white signs, all they posted were pictures.

Thank you for your explanation.

 

[TheParser]

What does it mean? Like in
All anybody posted on it were pictures.

********** NOT A TEACHER **********

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