not all

The combination of “not” and ”all” can be confusing if you’re not careful about placement. “All politicians are not corrupt” could theoretically mean that no politician is corrupt; but what you probably mean to say is “Not all politicians are corrupt.” When “not all is a minority, it’s sometimes better to replace “not all” with “some.” “The widescreen version is not available in all video stores” can be made clearer by saying “The widescreen version is not available in some stores.”

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• pastorial vs pastoral
• grammer vs grammar
• woman vs women
• bias vs biased
• intergrate vs integrate
• tragedy vs travesty
• resign vs re-sign
• little own vs let alone
• rod iron, rot iron vs wrought iron
• underlining vs underlying

News & Articles

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• Jaime Pressly Cut Off All Her Hair - See Her Dramatic Transformation!
  (Photos by PacificCoastNews.com; Getty) Jaime Pressly , she of the shoulder-grazing golden locks a million California girls dream of, has done the unthinkable—she chopped all her hair off! Okay, not all her hair off, but the actress's brand-new layered bob is definitely a dramatic transformation from her bouncy, buoyant curls of, um, yesterday. Let's observe! The angled bangs, the graduated back ...
  June 19, 2013 - StyleBistro
• Cramer: This Defense Stock Not Like Others
  Not all defense contractors can be painted with the same brush.
  June 18, 2013 - CNBC
• Bear climbs tree, says howdy to hunter
  Not all bears are out to maul you. Some just want to say hello. A hunter learned that firsthand while sitting high up in a tree in the forest. A bear approached the tree, apparently spotted the hunter and then began to climb. We're not experts, but we'd wager that most of the time when [...]
  June 18, 2013 - The Sideshow via Yahoo! News