florazheng1015  +  80521 Sat, 12 Mar 05 01:11 AM What is the meaning of "all that"? "all" is plural form but " that" is singular. Why not " all these" or "all those" ? Is " all that " a set phrase. eg. I admit that after all that fury of excitement, there 's bound to be some relaxation of tension. Help pls. florazheng1015 Joined on Sun, Feb 20 2005 Full Member 155 Plurals

	Mister Micawber  +  80540 Sat, 12 Mar 05 04:45 AM 'All' is not plural, it's a quantifier: 'all snow is white'; 'all penguins are black'. All (of) that jazz annoys me. All (of) those jazz musicians annoy me. All (of) this homework is dumb. All (of) these assignments are dumb. Not a set phrase. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,754 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.' Plurals