Altogether versus All Together
Sometimes we encounter such words in English that looks like exactly same to each other we often mistake to think that they both have the same meaning and as a result we end up using them interchangeable with each which can create disasters. One such pair of word is altogether and all together. Both the terms are very much looking alike to each other and hence it is very confusing to remember the difference between two.
In this article we are going to see meaning of both these two terms and also we are going to use them in sentences framing
Use of the term altogether and all together in sentence framing
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All together |
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Term is refers to a group of people or things that are gathered or considered as a single unit, without any separation or individual distinction.
Use in sentences It was heartwarming to see the Sam and his community coming all together to support a local charity event.
The choir sang the hymn all together, filling the church with beautiful music.
Sam and I can enjoy the meal more if we eat all together at the dining table.
Sam and I can achieve our goals if we work all together as a cohesive team. |
Important note
As in above segment of the article we have seen the meaning of both the terms and we have also seen the use of these terms in sentences framing one thing is very clear that both terms have different meaning and can’t be used interchangeably. Thus is becomes important to remember the difference and to do it we can use one simple trick. Term all together have a distinct term “all” which connotes to a group and hence in this way we can remember that the term all together refers to group.
After learning the way to remember the difference lets now proceed to learning the correct pronunciation of these two terms.
Altogether is pronounced as awl too geh dhuh
All together is pronounced as AWL” + “tuh” + “GEDH” + “uh
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Summary
To quickly summarize our learning in this article first we learnt the meaning of both the terms where we realized that term altogether refers to completely whole or as a single unit and the term all together connotes to a group. We also learnt how to use these terms in sentence framing and how to remember the difference between two followed by knowing their correct pronunciation.
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