О всех обо всём

[E Wayles Browne]

Wonderful! But now, what happens if BCËM is a modifier, e.g. "about the
whole world"?

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> From: Alina Israeli <aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU>
> Reply-To: "SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list"
> <SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu>
> Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 11:58:05 -0500
> To: "SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu" <SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu>
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] О всех обо всё м
> 
> This is only if всех is a modifier: о всех приключениях — about all
> the adventures.  But if it is a "noun"-like, then обо всех — about
> everybody, just like обо всём — about everything.
> 
> его  also has a similar quirk:
> 
> Modifier: с его друзьями
> "Noun": с него (сто рублей)
> 
> Mar 2, 2011, в 11:50 AM, Mark Kingdom написал(а):
> 
>> Can someone explain (assuming this is correct) why you need to say
>> 
>> О всех
>> 
>> ...but...
>> 
>> обо всём?
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Mark
>> 
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> Alina Israeli
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