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All the children love soccer. vs All of the children love soccer.



 
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All the children love soccer. vs All of the children love soccer. #1 (permalink) Mon Jul 27, 2009 22:35 pm   All the children love soccer. vs All of the children love soccer.
 

I have a question about "All" usage. In cambridge grammar book, it said that we didn't need to use "of" before noun. It was only needed before pronoun. I'm not sure what exactly does it mean by that. Does that mean, it isn't wrong to use "of" but just unnecessary? Here's the sentence to give clear picture of what I'm saying -
"All the children love soccer"
"All of the children love soccer"
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Another grammar question #2 (permalink) Mon Jul 27, 2009 23:03 pm   Another grammar question
 

All(the) children love soccer.
All of them love soccer.
All of his friends love soccer.
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Another grammar question #3 (permalink) Mon Jul 27, 2009 23:46 pm   Another grammar question
 

All the children or all of the choldren
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Another grammar question #4 (permalink) Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:58 am   Another grammar question
 

Natasha81 wrote:
All(the) children love soccer.
All of them love soccer.
All of his friends love soccer.

The way you use "of" is correct and that's the same thing the book said. What I'd like to know is, if it is still correct to use "of" as in "All+of+noun" rather than "All+of+pronoun"? Because the book doesn't say it is incorrect. It merely states that "of" is not necessary.
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Another grammar question #5 (permalink) Tue Jul 28, 2009 18:55 pm   Another grammar question
 

Hello Bulone,

I'd say the primary situation in which you might see "all+of+noun" would be when the noun is a proper noun -- and it would also have to be a proper noun that is not typically used with the definite article. For example:

These are OK:

- all of America
- all of London
- all of Mount Rushmore
- all of Broadway
- all of July


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The following are not acceptable because these proper nouns are typically used with the definite article in any context:

- all of United States
- all of Sahara Desert
- all of Empire State Building


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