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all all my friends are here; my friends are all here

All can go with a noun or with a verb.

All the trains stop at Cardiff. The trains all stop at Cardiff.
All the courses begin on Monday. The courses all begin on Monday.
All birds lay eggs. Birds all lay eggs. All my clothes need cleaning. My clothes all need cleaning.

^ Change the sentences.

► All my family like travelling. .. M y . A £ ? . Y ? A ! A i ' l ' 9 : .........................................................
► The buses all run on Sundays . .. < * A A ^ y s ....................................................

1 All the films start at 7 o'clock......................................................................................................................
2 Our secretaries all speak Arabic.................................................................................................................
3 The children all went home.......................................................................................................................
4 All these coats cost the same.....................................................................................................................
5 All languages have grammar.....................................................................................................................

6 The people all voted for the Radical Conservatives....................................................................................

7 All my friends live in London.....................
8 These houses all need repairs....................
9 All those shops belong to the same family.

10 Children all need love.

Note the wo rd o rd e r when all goes with a verb. All goes:
1 be fo re one-word verbs

The guides all speak German. The visitors all arrived this morning. We all got up late.
2 after auxiliary v e rb s {will, have, can etc) and after are and were.

The guides can all understand Spanish. (NOT . ..all can understand Spanish.)
The visitors have all arrived. (N O T... all have-arrived:) We were all tired. (NOT We all were tired:)

^ Put all with the verb.

;
► Cars breakdown sometimes. ..f rf!.?.1V ! ^ . ^ ................................
► Mark's friends have gone home. ......................

1 The offices close at weekends................................................................................................
2 The lessons will start on Tuesday............................................................................................
3 These children can swim........................................................................................................
4 Our windows are dirty............................................................................................................
5 Sorry, the tickets have gone...................................................................................................

6 We went to New York for Christmas........................................................................................
7 The shops will be open tomorrow..........................................................................................
8 We stopped for lunch at 12.30................................................................................................
9 These watches are too expensive...........................................................................................
10 The lights have gone out.......................................................................................................

We don't normally use all without a noun to mean 'everybody'or'everything'.

Everybody knows that. (NOT All know that.) I've forgotten everything. (NOT I've forgotten all.)

A ll human beings are born free and Justice is open to all people in the
equal in dignity and rights. same way as the Ritz Hotel.
(Universal Declaration of Human Rights) (Judge Sturgess)

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