Question about the position of "all" I'm Japanese and studying English as the second language.Now I have a question about where i should put the word "all".I was working on the word order problem:( th

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Yoshida Tomohiro

Question about the position of "all" I'm Japanese and studying English as the second language.

Now I have a question about where i should put the word "all".

I was working on the word order problem:

( these / all / dishes ) look delicious.

I wrote "All these dishes look delicious." as an answer, but the correct answer was "These dishes all look delicious."

According to my reference book, I think mine is also correct.

Now I'm wondering

1. which one is better (or natural)

2. what is the difference between mine and the correct answer

Could somebody help me out?

Thanks in advance ;D

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As a non-native speaker of English, I often stuck in the logic I don't have, but native speakers may have.

I always want not just the answer, but the reasons why native speakers choose the expression.

May 13, 2018 11:25 AM

Answers · 9

if you say the first thing you wrote, you have to use the word of too All of these dishes look delicious if you say the second one you have no need for extra words These dishes all look delicious

May 13, 2018

Both the answers you have been given focus more on the presence/absence of 'of' rather than on your question. For the record, 'of' should generally be dropped before a relative pronoun, so it shouldn't affect your question. Your question is an odd one: like the previous responders I am not aware of any rule one way or the other: I'm sure your reference book is telling the truth. Where did the original 'exam question' come from? How authoritative do you think the examiner is?

May 13, 2018

Either answer is correct. You can say 'all these dishes look delicious' as native speakers sometimes drop little words like 'of', 'the' and 'to' etc, when the context is obvious. But it is better to say 'all of them', 'all of these', 'all of those'. Saying 'all of these dishes look delicious' could have the connotation of 'these dishes look delicious as opposed to those dishes over there which do not.' But that depends on context.

May 13, 2018

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