Language/English/Vocabulary/Altogether-and-all-together

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.

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