'what everything' hypercorrection

Bill Lemay blemay0 at MCHSI.COM
Tue Aug 1 21:34:26 UTC 2006


> I had never heard 'what everything' for 'what all' before.  Have other
people?
>
> Damien Hall
> University of Pennsylvania

I have often heard it framed this way:

'I really admired her, what with everything she went through.'

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