I lost all [the] respect I had for him.

navi tasan

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1. I lost all respect I had for him.
2. I lost all the respect I had for him.

Which is correct? I am sure #2 works. I am not sure #1 is incorrect, but logically it should be! In other words, if #1 is correct, then I have a problem with it!
I wrote both sentences. As far as I can see, #2 is unremarkable.
 
As you suspect, #2 is OK and #1 isn't. The first could be fixed by changing "all" to "any".
 

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