Difference between all and everything

[hamka]

Test No. incompl/elem-26 "The Bells", question 3

......... I was trying to say was.

(a) All
(b) Everything
(c) Nothing
(d) Something

Test No. incompl/elem-26 "The Bells", answer 3

All I was trying to say was.

Correct answer: (a) All

Your answer was: incorrect
Everything I was trying to say was.
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what is the difference between "all" and "everything" in sentence "All i was trying to say was.

[Alan]

All in this sentence simply indicates the sense of only as in I was only trying to say. Everything indicates all the things.
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[Asahi]

Is the word "all" not plural? I don't have to say "all I was trying to say were"?

[Torsten]

Hi Ashai,

All can used with both plural as well as singular nouns:
All the people in the world.
All the money in the world.

Thanks,
Torsten

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[Olgavic]

How should we guess this is not finished sentence if punctuation was not completed?

"......... I was trying to say was." insteed "......... I was trying to say was...."

[Alan]

Hi,

Note the spelling: instead of. In both sentences you could use 'what' to fill the gap.

Alan
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