victorycountry  +  80359 Fri, 11 Mar 05 08:44 AM Hi, I often hear from customers coming into the store, "Do you have something (.e.g. battery, film, or tape) at all?" or "Do you take passport photos at all?" I believe the "at all" act as an adverbial, but I don't really feel it's a necessary phrase. ... So I am thinking that it might be another polite way of saying or it might be just emphasizing such inquiries (as examples above) a little bit more. Could anyone help me understand it please. Thanks in advance. victorycountry Joined on Sat, Oct 16 2004 Full Member 313

	Casi  +  80367 Fri, 11 Mar 05 10:10 AM "at all" is used with negatives and interrogatives. It's a prepositional phrase in form, and an adverb in function. It means, in any way, to any extent. Ex: Did you sleep at all? Ex: You don't like it at all, do you? Casi Joined on Sat, Sep 25 2004 Regular Member 547 Verbs, Adverbs, Negatives