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Altogether vs. All Together: Altogether Is An Adverb That Means "Completely/totally," "Including Everything," or

Altogether and all together are commonly confused homophones with different meanings and spellings. Altogether is an adverb meaning completely or totally, and must be used with a verb, such as "Embarrassment as final Divergent movie to skip cinemas altogether." All together means in unison or as a group, without an accompanying verb. This document provides examples to clarify the proper uses of these similar but distinct words.

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Altogether vs. All Together: Altogether Is An Adverb That Means "Completely/totally," "Including Everything," or

Altogether and all together are commonly confused homophones with different meanings and spellings. Altogether is an adverb meaning completely or totally, and must be used with a verb, such as "Embarrassment as final Divergent movie to skip cinemas altogether." All together means in unison or as a group, without an accompanying verb. This document provides examples to clarify the proper uses of these similar but distinct words.

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Altogether vs.

All Together
AUGUST 11, 2016 -

As with other homophones (words that are pronounced the same but have different
meanings and oftentimes spelling), it is not suprising for people to be confused about
the words altogether andall together.
Below are simple tips on how we can unknot this issue.
Altogether is an adverb that means completely/totally, including everything, or
taking everything into consideration. Since it functions as an
adverb, altogether cannot be used in a sentence without a verb that it describes. Below
are examples of the proper use of altogether:
Embarrassment as final Divergent movie to skip cinemas altogether

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