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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.englishforums.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>General English Vocabulary &amp; Idiom Questions</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishVocabularyIdiom-Questions/Forum29.htm</link><description>Help with defining words and idioms, and new words and idioms that you've learnt</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>XMOD (Build: 3616.28671)</generator><item><title>Re: All that?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AllThat/qgkj/post.htm#80564</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:45:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:80564</guid><dc:creator>florazheng1015</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AllThat/qgkj/post.htm#80564</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-80564.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>All right. it misses out the prep between all and that. Got it. Thanks again.</description></item><item><title>Re: All that?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AllThat/qgkj/post.htm#80540</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:45:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:80540</guid><dc:creator>Mister Micawber</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AllThat/qgkj/post.htm#80540</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-80540.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>'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.</description></item><item><title>All that?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AllThat/qgkj/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:45:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:80521</guid><dc:creator>florazheng1015</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AllThat/qgkj/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-80521.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>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.</description></item></channel></rss>