at all: It means at least some, or at least a little, but, it is used in negative sentences or questions.
For example:
Has he got any sense at all?
He has no sense at all.
He does not have any sense at all.
of all: It means you prefer somebody/something, or come to a conclusion after considering all the people or things in a situation. For example,
She is the best teacher of all.
Her teaching is the best of all.
The related phrase 'of all the people' is used to express a surprise while talking about a person or to express the choice of a person.
Has he got any sense at all?
He has no sense at all.
He does not have any sense at all.
of all: It means you prefer somebody/something, or come to a conclusion after considering all the people or things in a situation. For example,
She is the best teacher of all.
Her teaching is the best of all.
The related phrase 'of all the people' is used to express a surprise while talking about a person or to express the choice of a person.
For example:
My friend, of all the players, won the award.
The police, of all the people, should have controlled the crowd.
Usage: All of 'all':
All means everything or everybody or completely. The usage of the word 'all' as different parts of speech is given below:
As pronoun:
All are good.
Not all are good.
All I have is just my confidence.
You must have all.
I may have many but not all.
All of them attended the party.
Not all of them attended the party.
We must have all of it.
He does not know anything at all.
All in all, he must improve himself.
But, there is no all-in-one solution.
Of all, he should learn a few important things first.
It may take 3 months in all.
As determiner:
All students should attend the sports day.
All the students should attend the sports day.
All my class students should attend the sports day.
It will be all enjoyments.
You will have all the fun all the time.
They all had attended and had it all.
Their team is not all that.
We didn't expect their team, of all the teams, to win.
As adverb:
It is raining hard. He will be all wet if he goes out.
But, he is all excited to go out in the rain.
As a doctor, I am only all too aware of the risk.
I have been telling this all along.
It is all about his health.
He should perform well all round.
He must prepare all the harder for that.
I think you are all over him unnecessarily. - means 'showing a lot of affection, sometimes, too much'
It cannot be all over for him. - means 'the end'
After learning these all, all of you may go all out to use 'all' intelligently and diligently all over.
In all, wishing all of you all success in all.
Note: You may try to differentiate between the two 'in all' in the last sentence.
Subtle Difference: Usage of 'gone'
1. He has gone.
2. He is gone.
How does 'gone' differ syntactically (grammatically) and semantically (by meaning) above? Far gone to understand? It is actually easy as simplified below:
First, the semantics (meaning):
Meaning 1: Both the sentences mean that he was here, but left the place and therefore no longer here. However, using the second sentence to mean the same idea can be difficult to understand for many other language speakers because such formation is not used in other languages like Tamil. But, remember both have the same meaning.
Meaning 2: At the same time, they are used to express different meanings also as given below:
3. He has gone to Bangalore. - It means he left for Bangalore and he is still at Bangalore. You can't say He is gone to Bangalore.
4. He has gone to meet his parents. = He is at his parent's place now or on the way to his parent's place. Anyway, you can't say He is gone to meet his parents.
5. The apples are gone. = The apples are over, i.e., somebody ate up (ate completely) all the apples. But, you can't say The apples have gone as if they walked away.
6. He is gone. - It can also mean he is dead, but not necessarily. What it really means is he is not here. That's all. It is possible that he is dead too. However, to mean that he is dead, it is more common to say 'He is (long) dead and gone', meaning he died long back.
Now, the syntax (grammar):
1. He has gone. - 'gone' is the past participle of 'go'.
2. He is gone. - 'gone' is a participle and adjective. Participle is different from past participle because participle is a verbal phrase and can be used as adjective whereas past participle is used as part of the verb, i.e., auxiliary verb + main verb form as in 'has gone.'
Nevertheless, it is to be remembered that all participles cannot be used as adjectives. For example,
a. He has come. - Correct.
b. He is come. - Wrong and meaningless
My friend, of all the players, won the award.
The police, of all the people, should have controlled the crowd.
Usage: All of 'all':
All means everything or everybody or completely. The usage of the word 'all' as different parts of speech is given below:
As pronoun:
All are good.
Not all are good.
All I have is just my confidence.
You must have all.
I may have many but not all.
All of them attended the party.
Not all of them attended the party.
We must have all of it.
He does not know anything at all.
All in all, he must improve himself.
But, there is no all-in-one solution.
Of all, he should learn a few important things first.
It may take 3 months in all.
As determiner:
All students should attend the sports day.
All the students should attend the sports day.
All my class students should attend the sports day.
It will be all enjoyments.
You will have all the fun all the time.
They all had attended and had it all.
Their team is not all that.
We didn't expect their team, of all the teams, to win.
As adverb:
It is raining hard. He will be all wet if he goes out.
But, he is all excited to go out in the rain.
As a doctor, I am only all too aware of the risk.
I have been telling this all along.
It is all about his health.
He should perform well all round.
He must prepare all the harder for that.
I think you are all over him unnecessarily. - means 'showing a lot of affection, sometimes, too much'
It cannot be all over for him. - means 'the end'
After learning these all, all of you may go all out to use 'all' intelligently and diligently all over.
In all, wishing all of you all success in all.
Note: You may try to differentiate between the two 'in all' in the last sentence.
Subtle Difference: Usage of 'gone'
1. He has gone.
2. He is gone.
How does 'gone' differ syntactically (grammatically) and semantically (by meaning) above? Far gone to understand? It is actually easy as simplified below:
First, the semantics (meaning):
Meaning 1: Both the sentences mean that he was here, but left the place and therefore no longer here. However, using the second sentence to mean the same idea can be difficult to understand for many other language speakers because such formation is not used in other languages like Tamil. But, remember both have the same meaning.
Meaning 2: At the same time, they are used to express different meanings also as given below:
3. He has gone to Bangalore. - It means he left for Bangalore and he is still at Bangalore. You can't say He is gone to Bangalore.
4. He has gone to meet his parents. = He is at his parent's place now or on the way to his parent's place. Anyway, you can't say He is gone to meet his parents.
5. The apples are gone. = The apples are over, i.e., somebody ate up (ate completely) all the apples. But, you can't say The apples have gone as if they walked away.
6. He is gone. - It can also mean he is dead, but not necessarily. What it really means is he is not here. That's all. It is possible that he is dead too. However, to mean that he is dead, it is more common to say 'He is (long) dead and gone', meaning he died long back.
Now, the syntax (grammar):
1. He has gone. - 'gone' is the past participle of 'go'.
2. He is gone. - 'gone' is a participle and adjective. Participle is different from past participle because participle is a verbal phrase and can be used as adjective whereas past participle is used as part of the verb, i.e., auxiliary verb + main verb form as in 'has gone.'
Nevertheless, it is to be remembered that all participles cannot be used as adjectives. For example,
a. He has come. - Correct.
b. He is come. - Wrong and meaningless
