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Discussion Groups / English Usage / May 2009"All the way" ---> Does this phrase ever add value to the sentence?
Do you have any quote of printed material where "all the way" adds any value over leaving it out? For example, I just read in "Math through the Ages" (Berlinghoff & Goevea, page 28) the following quote where "all the way" adds no value to the sentence. "In 750 A.D. the Islamic Empire stretched all the way from the western edge of India to parts of Spain." The sentence provides the same information if "all the way" is removed. I've never seen an instance where "all the way" provides value. Have you an example where "all the way" actually provides value? Of course, many people think of "all the way" as being "further" or "longer" than without all the way; however I have never seen a case where this is shown to be true in a sentence. Have you? donna ohl <donnaolh26@yahoo.com>'s wild thoughts were released on Thu, 14 May 2009 23:21:52 -0700 bearing the following fruit: >Do you have any quote of printed material where "all the way" adds any >value over leaving it out? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >The sentence provides the same information if "all the way" is removed. >I've never seen an instance where "all the way" provides value. Hmm. Couldn't one mean from a to b inclusive, and the other a to b (with some places in between that are not part of the empire) J >Have you an example where "all the way" actually provides value? Of course, >many people think of "all the way" as being "further" or "longer" than >without all the way; however I have never seen a case where this is shown >to be true in a sentence. > >Have you? -- Jan Hyde You are lucky enough to have never heard "Is it all the way in?" Bob > Do you have any quote of printed material where "all the way" adds any > value over leaving it out? [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Have you? >Do you have any quote of printed material where "all the way" adds any >value over leaving it out? When somebody loves you, it's no good unless he loves you all the way. Happy to be near you when you need someone to cheer you, come what may. >For example, I just read in "Math through the Ages" (Berlinghoff & Goevea, >page 28) the following quote where "all the way" adds no value to the >sentence. > >"In 750 A.D. the Islamic Empire stretched all the way from the western edge >of India to parts of Spain." empahsis. >The sentence provides the same information if "all the way" is removed. >I've never seen an instance where "all the way" provides value. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Have you?  SignaturePosters should say where they live, and for which area they are asking questions. I have lived in Western Pa. 10 years Indianapolis 10 years Chicago 6 years Brooklyn, NY 12 years Baltimore 26 years > Do you have any quote of printed material where "all the way" adds any > value over leaving it out? [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Have you? Technically, it's your opinion if it adds value to the sentence. > Do you have any quote of printed material where "all the way" adds any > value over leaving it out? [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Have you? Yes. "And this little piggy cried 'Wee, wee, wee' all the way home." ... > Have you an example where "all the way" actually provides value? Of > course, many people think of "all the way" as being "further" or > "longer" than without all the way; however I have never seen a case > where this is shown to be true in a sentence. > > Have you? Before inviting a lady to take tea, a gentlemen may enquire whether or not she goes all the way. P. (UK) > "In 750 A.D. the Islamic Empire stretched all the way from the western edge > of India to parts of Spain." Waal.... it implies a 'fer piece' of distance to those not geographically in the know. No? > Do you have any quote of printed material where "all the way" adds any > value over leaving it out? There is a major difference between: She went all the way. She went. GFH |
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