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=="At all" with a negative== | |||
'''We often use "at all" to emphasize a negative idea.''' | '''We often use "at all" to emphasize a negative idea.''' | ||
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She was hardly frightened at all. | She was hardly frightened at all. | ||
==Questions, etc== | |||
'''"At all" can also be used in questions, and with 'non-affirmative’ words like if, ever and any.''' | '''"At all" can also be used in questions, and with 'non-affirmative’ words like if, ever and any.''' | ||
Examples: | ===Examples:=== | ||
Do you play piano at all? (= . . . even a little?) | Do you play piano at all? (= . . . even a little?) | ||
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You can come whenever you like - any time at all. | You can come whenever you like - any time at all. | ||
==Not at all== | |||
'''The expression "not at all" is used (especially in British English) as a rather formal answer to "Thank you" and to "Do you mind if. . .?"''' | '''The expression "not at all" is used (especially in British English) as a rather formal answer to "Thank you" and to "Do you mind if. . .?"''' | ||
Revision as of 10:02, 27 January 2021
At all
"At all" with a negative
We often use "at all" to emphasize a negative idea.
Examples:
I did not understand anything at all. (= I did not understand even a little.)
She was hardly frightened at all.
Questions, etc
"At all" can also be used in questions, and with 'non-affirmative’ words like if, ever and any.
Examples:
Do you play piano at all? (= . . . even a little?)
He will come before dinner if he comes at all.
You can come whenever you like - any time at all.
Not at all
The expression "not at all" is used (especially in British English) as a rather formal answer to "Thank you" and to "Do you mind if. . .?"