what is the grammatical role of "all" in this sentence?
Italy, France and US are all trying to ..........
Italy, France and US are all trying to ..........
garmmatical role !
'all' can be used as adj, noun, adv yes, but the way it is used above is adverbial
it can be spaled ("substituted") with 'wholely' or 'completely' or 'in total'
but I do see your reasoning, and you are on the right track, this adverbial use of "all" originated from adj or noun, as in:
They *all* are trying to
or
*All* of them are trying to
but like so many other ur-adjectives and ur-nouns, they end up being employed like adverbs
sad I know :)
it can be spaled ("substituted") with 'wholely' or 'completely' or 'in total'
but I do see your reasoning, and you are on the right track, this adverbial use of "all" originated from adj or noun, as in:
They *all* are trying to
or
*All* of them are trying to
but like so many other ur-adjectives and ur-nouns, they end up being employed like adverbs
sad I know :)
Dear guest , you mean "all" is an adverb ,in these two example, as well ?!
"
They *all* are trying to
or
*All* of them are trying to
"
And what do you mean by "ur" ?
"
They *all* are trying to
or
*All* of them are trying to
"
And what do you mean by "ur" ?
That guest wasn't I, but I can answer your questions here:
They *all* are trying to - is an example of *all* as ajective
*All* of them are trying to - is an example of *all* as noun
"ur" my dictionary says "original, primitive"; I guess it means "old, ancient words"
They *all* are trying to - is an example of *all* as ajective
*All* of them are trying to - is an example of *all* as noun
"ur" my dictionary says "original, primitive"; I guess it means "old, ancient words"
oh, the last message from "ripsi" was actually from Mary for ripsi; sorry
<<"ur" my dictionary says "original, primitive"; I guess it means "old, ancient words" >>
correct
correct
Hi,
It's a pronoun used in apposition. Sure as eggs is eggs, because A.S.Hornby gives a similar example: " They were all broken".
I don't know what it is syntactically, though. :((
It's a pronoun used in apposition. Sure as eggs is eggs, because A.S.Hornby gives a similar example: " They were all broken".
I don't know what it is syntactically, though. :((
<<I don't know what it is syntactically, though. :(( >>
It is a pronoun used appositively as an adverb.
It is a pronoun used appositively as an adverb.
No, it's not an adverb.
IMHO syntactically "Italy, France and US ... all" is sort of a cleft subject.
I think the question is not precise. What is "the grammatical role"?
Grammar is the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology, sometimes also phonology and semantics.
If we define a word as part of the sentence, it's the syntactical role; if we define it as part of speech, it's the morphological role.
IMHO syntactically "Italy, France and US ... all" is sort of a cleft subject.
I think the question is not precise. What is "the grammatical role"?
Grammar is the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology, sometimes also phonology and semantics.
If we define a word as part of the sentence, it's the syntactical role; if we define it as part of speech, it's the morphological role.