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All and everyone

Helen, Alice, Khalid and Tim in the living room

Words like 'all' and 'everyone' are similar but aren't used in exactly the same ways.

Helen said "What does everyone want to do?" With the same meaning she could have said "What do all of us want to do?" but not "What do all want to do?"

All and everyone or everybody can't be used interchangeably


Everybody loves ice-cream.	All loves ice-cream.
Everybody has gone to the party.	All has gone to the party.

We say all of you/ us / them but not everybody of or everybody of


All of them are French.	Everybody of French.
All of us are students.	All of everybody are students.

Sometimes we can use all and everything in expressions like these interchangeably:

all he can / everything he can
all we need / everything we need
all you want / everything you want

We'll do everything we can to help you enjoy your stay with us.
We'll do all we can to help you enjoy your stay with us.

We can't use all on its own:


She thinks she knows everything.	She thinks she knows all.
He knows everyone there.	He knows all there.

But you can use all with about:
They know all about fashion.
He knows all about modern art.

We use call all (but not everything) to mean the only thing/s:


All he likes is football.	Everything he likes is football.
All I've bought is a pair of jeans.	Everything I've bought is a pair of jeans.

These words are singular so we use singular verbs with them:

Everyone has to work late on Thursday.
Every ticket was sold within half an hour.

But you can also use plural pronouns after everyone / everybody

Everyone said they wanted to go.
or
Everyone said he or she wanted to go.

it won't be long till
soon

pick
take or choose

a tenner (informal, British currency)
ten pounds