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'''Altogether and all together''' 


'''"Altogether" means ‘completely’ or 'considering everything'.''' 
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==Altogether" means ‘completely’ or 'considering everything'==
 


Examples:
Examples:


My new house is not altogether finished.
*My new house is not altogether finished.
 
*Altogether, she decided, marriage was a bit of a mistake.  
 
 


Altogether, she decided, marriage was a bit of a mistake.  
==Altogether can also be used to give totals==


'''Altogether can also be used to give totals.'''


Example:
Example:


That’s £4.38 altogether.  
*That’s £4.38 altogether.  


'''All together usually means ‘everybody/everything together’.''' 
==All together usually means ‘everybody/everything together’==


Examples:
Examples:


Come on, everybody sing. All together now . . .
*Come on, everybody sing. All together now . . .


They all went to the cinema together.
*They all went to the cinema together.

Revision as of 19:12, 10 May 2020

Altogether and all together

Altogether" means ‘completely’ or 'considering everything'

Examples:

  • My new house is not altogether finished.
  • Altogether, she decided, marriage was a bit of a mistake.  


Altogether can also be used to give totals

Example:

  • That’s £4.38 altogether.  

All together usually means ‘everybody/everything together’

Examples:

  • Come on, everybody sing. All together now . . .
  • They all went to the cinema together.