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Put this word where it belongs in the sentence. In negative statements, don’t write “All the pictures didn’t show her dimples” when you mean “The pictures didn’t all show her dimples.”

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• as less as possible vs as little as possible
• ceasar vs caesar
• standalone vs stand-alone
• epic vs epoch
• pastorial vs pastoral
• submittal vs submission
• amature vs amateur
• buttox vs buttocks
• blindsighted vs blindsided
• interment vs internment

Definitions

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• a  quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
  we sat up all night
  ate all the food
  all men are mortal
  all parties are welcome
• s  completely given to or absorbed by
  became all attention
• r  to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
  a totally new situation
  the directions were all wrong

News & Articles

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• All Wight now: Festival-goers relax [...]
  All Wight now: Festival-goers relax by their tents at the Isle of Wight Festival. The event in Newport, the first of the big summer music festivals, features acts including Bon Jovi, the Killers and the Stone Roses.
  June 15, 2013 - HispanicBusiness.com
• All-Bee boys tennis first team
  All-Bee boys tennis first team
  June 15, 2013 - The Fresno Bee
• All-S. Jersey Boys' Track Team
  All-S. Jersey Boys' Track Team
  June 15, 2013 - Philly.com