Posts Tagged ‘Altogether’

Together we all …

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Although they sound exactly the same, the word altogether and phrase all together are quite different.

all together: at the same time, acting in unison
All together, 50 students visited the display.

altogether: completely, entirely
The recipe was altogether different to my version.

The simple way to remember which is which is to think of all the parts being together – all together.

All together now…

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Altogether: completely or totally. Overall.
He was altogether mad!

All together: the entire group at the same time or place.
We were all together when we got the news.

Think of altogether being one word and meaning complete compared to all members of a group being separate even when together.