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You use ‘all’ with plural count nouns and uncount

nouns to talk about every person or thing in the

world or in a group that you are talking about.

All children should complete the primary course.

All important decisions are taken by the

government.

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You use ‘most’ with plural count nouns and

uncount nouns to talk about nearly all of a

number of people or things, or nearly all of a

quantity of something.

The method was suitable for most purposes.

Most good drivers stop at zebra crossings.

Most milk is still delivered to people’s houses.

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You use ‘no’ with singular count nouns, plural

count nouns, and uncount nouns to say that

something does not exist or is not present.

There was no chair for me to sit on.

They had no immediate plans to change house.

No money was available for the operation.

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Note: If there’s another word in the clause that

makes it negative, you use ‘any’, not ‘no’.

It hasn’t made any difference.

He will never do any work for me again.

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‘All’ and ‘most’ are also pronouns, so you can

say ‘all of’ and ‘most of’. ‘No’ is not a pronoun,

so you must say ‘none of’.

He spent all of the money on a new car.

Most of my friends live in London.

None of those farmers had ever driven a tractor.

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Note: You use ‘all of’, ‘most of’, an ‘none of’ with

an object pronoun.

All of us were sleeping.

I had seen most of them before.

None of them came to the party.

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Note: If the clause is already negative, you use

‘any of’, not ‘none of’.

I hadn’t eaten any of the biscuits.

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Note: When ‘none of’ is followed by a plural

noun or pronoun, the verb is usually plural, but

can be singular.

None of us are the same.

None of them has lasted very long.

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You can use ‘all the’ with plural count nouns or

an uncount noun. There is no difference in

meaning between ‘all the’ and ‘all of the’.

All the girls think it’s great.

All the best jokes came at the end of the

programme.

Thank you for all the help you gave me.

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WARNING: You cannot say ‘most the’ or ‘none

the’. You must say ‘most of the’ or ‘none of the’.

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You can use ‘all’ after a noun or pronoun to emphasize that the noun or pronoun refers to everyone or everything that has been mentioned or is involved. Note that you can use ‘all’ to emphasize the subject or the object.

The band all live together in the same house.

I enjoyed it all.

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