All together vs altogether: What's the difference? English In A Minute
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Hi I'm Phil
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and I'm going to tell you the difference between
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'all together' and 'altogether'.
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Yes, they sound the same, but they're not.
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'All together' – that's two words and two 'L's –
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means 'everything or everyone
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being or doing something together
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with everything or everyone else'.
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Let's sing all together!
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Or:
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Put the vegetables in the bowl
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and mix them all together.
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'Altogether' – that's one word and one 'L' –
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is an adverb and it means
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'completely' or 'entirely'.
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My brother has an altogether different personality to me.
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He's nothing like me!
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So if you have 'altogether' as one complete word,
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it means 'completely' or 'entirely'.
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And if we have 'all together' as two words together
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then that means 'everything or everyone together'.
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