[Ads-l] Headline: ''This is *all* of our fight!"
Barretts Mail
mail.barretts at GMAIL.COM
Thu Jan 5 18:26:35 UTC 2017
I think that is how I would put it in conversation.
“This is a fight that belongs to all of us” is long
“This is a fight of all of us” sounds awkward
“This is a fight for all of us” is perhaps the best
But none of these is parallel with “This is our fight.”
Benjamin Barrett
Formerly of Seattle, WA
> On 5 Jan 2017, at 09:52, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Not merely a *part* of it!
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>
> Except, of course, that's not what the headline means.
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