[Grammar] I was thinking of you all last year.

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I was thinking of you all last year. - Is this sentence correct and natural?
 

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Yes, it's possible.
 

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Are you aware that it has two possible meanings?

1. I was thinking of you all + last year. (Here, "you all" would refer to a group of people - "all of you" - and the time period in question is just "last year".)
2. I was thinking of you + all last year. (Here, "you" could be one person or a group of people and the time period is "all last year".)
 

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