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Anonymous asked in Education & ReferenceOther - Education · 1 decade ago

Is "all" plural?

This is a simple grammar question.

Is the word "all" plural?

For example, which is correct to say

"all phones must be off"

"all phone must be off"?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Gramatically the word itself is not plural; it will precede a plural noun, but the word itself is not plural. The word 'all' can not carry a tense or be possesive, so the answer to your question is no.

    The word all is not plural.

    Source(s): My English professor and the St. Martin's Handbook
  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    All Plural

  • 1 decade ago

    That is a good question. I think it is plural. You would say "all phones must be off."

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    all is not plural it would be correct to say all phones must be shut off

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  • 1 decade ago

    All implies plural. "All phones must be off" = "They" must be off. If you can replace a noun clause with "they", it's plural.

  • 1 decade ago

    All phones must be off. If you wanted to say one, you would say the phone must be off. All implies there is more than one.

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    5 years ago

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    It's just babby, as in "They are taking the three babby back to New York too lady to rest."

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    all phones must be off. all is not always associated with plural though.... all of that, all of this, all of the other, all of me, her, his, it,

  • 1 decade ago

    Your ear must tell you that the second answer is not grammatically correct. "All" is not a noun, so it is neither singular or plural.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    I say 'babbies'. When I'm feeling extra silly, I just use babby the way it is for plural.

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