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23 all, everybody and everything

1 We do not usually use aif alone to mean ‘everybody’.
Compare:
All the people stood up.
Everybody stood up.(NOT Altsieed-up-)

Alfcan mean everything, but usually only in the structure a// + relative
clause ( = all (that) .. .). Compare:
All (that) | have is yours.(OR Everything ...)
Everything is yours.(NOT AfHs-yeurs-)
She lost allshe owned. (OR ... everything she owned)
She fost everything. (NOT She-testalt)
This structure often has a rather negative meaning: ‘nothing more’ or ‘the
only thing(s)’.
This is all P’ve got.
All | want is a place to sleep.
Note the expression That's ail ( = ‘It's finished’).

24 all and every

Ailand every have similar meanings. (Every means ‘all without
exception’.}
They are used in different structures:
all + plural [ every + singular
All children need /ove. Every child needs love.
All cities are noisy. Every city is noisy.

We can use ali, but not every, before a determiner (for example the, my,
this).
all + determiner + plural
Please switch off all the lights. Please switch off every fight.
I've written to all my friends. I've written to every friend | have.
(NOT ... every myfriend-)

We can use ali, but not every, with uncountable nouns.
Hike all music.(NOT ... everprnusie-)
We can use ail with some singular countable nouns, to mean ‘every part
of’, ‘the whole of’. Compare:
she was here all day.(= from morning to night)
She was here every day( = Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday ... )