“Altogether” and “all together”

by jaced.com on July 30, 2007

in FYI

These are not interchangeable. The former is synonymous with “entirely”, while the latter means “all in one group”.

  • He is altogether (entirely) too lazy to be a success.
  • The papers are all together (all in a group) in the binder I sent you.

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