Distributive Determiners - All
All, all the, all of. Talking about the whole group, with nothing left out.
all = ඔක්කොම, හැම එකක්ම. සාමාන්යයෙන් කතා කරනවා නම් all + noun. නිශ්චිත කණ්ඩායමක් ගැන නම් all the / all my. us, you, them එක්ක all of.
all + noun (in general)
In general
- All children need love.
- I like all dogs. 🐕
all (of) the / my / these + noun (a specific group)
of is optional here. Both are correct.
A specific group
- All (of) the people in the room went quiet.
- Have you eaten all the bread?
- I invited all my friends to the party.
- Look at all this rain!
all of + us / you / them
With these pronouns, of is needed.
all of + pronoun
- All of us are going.
- Did you find all of them?
You can also put all after the pronoun: We all went. I love you all.
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