On 8/29/08 11:38 AM, "Robert Lawless" <robert.lawless at wichita.edu> wrote: > Which do you consider more colloquial in US speech? > > We killed them all. > > We killed all of them. For me, as a native speaker, "We killed 'em all" sounds more natural, the other is somewhat forced or formal, or alternatively more emphatic, if "all" is stressed. Ron