Is afterall one word or two?

Is afterall one word or two?

the common grammar errors I’ve spotted during my many years of editing is the use of “afterall.” This probably arises from the same inclination to make “all right” one word by combining them to become “alright.” Alas, “after all,” meaning “in spite of contrary views or expectations” is always two words.

How do I use afterall?

You use after all when you are saying that something that you thought might not be the case is in fact the case. I came out here on the chance of finding you at home after all.

What does afterall mean?

after all

Can we use the after all?

All (of) this has to go out into the rubbish bin. We often use of after all in definite noun phrases (i.e. before the, possessives and demonstratives), but it is not obligatory: All (of) the workers were given a pay-rise at the end of the year.

Is it all of or just all?

The Grammar of “All Of” When used in the phrase “all of,” “all” is classified as an indefinite pronoun. It is perfectly acceptable to use “all of” before a noun.

When to use all vs all of?

Use all of when the next word is a personal or relative pronoun. You can use either all or all of when the next word in the sentence is a noun phrase that begins with a determiner. Use all by itself when the next word in the sentence is a plural noun that refers to an entire class of things or an uncountable noun.

Is us all correct?

As I know, “us all” and “us students” are correct when used as objects. As object of a preposition, yes. In colloquial/slang speech you can hear that as a subject. But the correct usage, if you don’t want to use any preposition, is to use the subjective case: We all, all we students.

Is all plural or singular?

You’re right, “all” is neither plural nor singular. It’s a determiner, and can be used with both count and non-count nouns and on its own. You’ve come up with some really good example sentences. Let’s look at them each in turn.

Is it grammatically correct to say that that?

A: When a sentence has two words back to back, like “that that” or “this this,” we hear an echo. But there’s not necessarily anything wrong. But your sentences are good examples; both are grammatically correct and neither requires any special punctuation.

Can we use two that in a sentence?

Yes, the words “that that” can appear in a grammatically correct sentence. The first “that” is a relative pronoun (typically used to clarify something), and the second “that” is a demonstrative pronoun (specifying the subject matter at hand). For example: “Are you looking for these parts for your vacuum?

Is your’s correct?

When you are indicating possession, yours is the correct choice—not your’s. You do not need an apostrophe to indicate possession because yours itself is a possessive pronoun. In this sense, yours is similar to other possessive pronouns like its, whose, and ours.

Is yous a Scrabble word?

Yes, yous is in the scrabble dictionary.

Is youse in the Oxford dictionary?

Why is the word ‘youse’ included in the dictionary? It tells us that the word is colloquial, that is, more likely to turn up in the spoken rather than the written language, and that, though widely used, it is nevertheless regarded as not acceptable in correct speech and writing.

What is plural for you?

You is the plural. Thou is the singular form of you.

When was ain’t added to the Oxford dictionary?

Ain’t as a contraction for has not/have not first appeared in dictionaries in the 1830s, and appeared in 1819 in Niles’ Weekly Register: Strike!