Q&A - P1 English

[michyms]

micollh:

Hi all, All is fine or All are fine ?

All is fine. Similarly, everything is fine.

[micollh]

michyms:

micollh:

Hi all, All is fine or All are fine ?

All is fine. Similarly, everything is fine.

thanks ! confuse when i was asked is or are...i wrote all is fine too.. automatic mah.. then when they ask, i confused..they said all means many what.. i was like.. but we all along say all is fine.. so i ask experts here..

[mother777]

Hi,


actually both "All is fine" and "All are fine" are grammatically correct.

Just need to realize that "All is fine" will be answer if we refer to 1 single person.

"All are fine" will mean that we are talking about a group of people.

[mother777]

Sorry i don't want to confuse anyone. But all can be singular or plural based on its usage.


refer to website Rule 9 which clearly highlights when All is singular or when it is plural.

http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/subjectVerbAgree.asp

What we need to understand is in what context \"ALL\" is used.

[michyms]

mother777, thanks for your feedback.


I think generically, when the sentence doesn't have a noun, then we should probably stick to \"All is fine\".

But if it will be plural when the sentence is \"All the people are fine\" because now there is a plural noun.

[mother777]

no issues michyms, glad to be of help.


yet to teach my daughter on usage of All, everybody, somebody etc. will try to teach her today. SA2 is coming soon…

[michyms]

mother777, good luck to your dd for SA2! May I check on how your dd’s school teach English? Is it in terms of topics - past tense, present tense, future tense etc or is it by themes etc. My dd still in K2, and I’m just hoping to get a sense of how it works in P1.

[mother777]

My DD school teaches grammar in terms of topics- nouns, verbs etc.


wow your DD is in K2 and you are preparing her for P1, that is real good

[michyms]

mother777, thanks for sharing, i just wanted to build in some foundation so that my dd doesn't struggle in P1, and she can enjoy school life :rahrah:

[Callie Tan]

mother777:

Sorry i don't want to confuse anyone. But all can be singular or plural based on its usage.


refer to website Rule 9 which clearly highlights when All is singular or when it is plural.

http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/subjectVerbAgree.asp

What we need to understand is in what context \"ALL\" is used.

Hi, have checked out the link and they are very informative! Thanks!

However, a bit puzzled about the following:

He is one of the men who does/do the work.
The word in front of who is men, which is plural. Therefore, use the plural verb do

I thought the subject is \"he\"? So should use singular?
Please advise.