altogether
part of speech
adverb
meaning for a pupil
1) Altogether means counting everything together as one total. tree →
2) Altogether means completely: the noise stopped altogether. tree →
3) Altogether can mean on the whole, when you think of everything. tree →
sense in the lessons
the total of two or more parts or groups (a strong «add» cue in word problems); in everyday life «stop altogether», «a different thing altogether»; at the shop «that's 5 dollars altogether»
examples
- Anna found 8 cards and then found 6 more. How many cards did Anna find altogether? tree →
- Ben has 7 pens and Lucy has 9 pens. How many pens do they have altogether? tree →
- There are 4 boxes with 6 crayons in each. How many crayons are there altogether? tree →
- That will be 12 dollars altogether, please. tree →
- The rain stopped altogether by lunchtime. tree →
- It was a wonderful day altogether. tree →
- Our class raised 85 pounds altogether at the bake sale. tree →
- It was altogether a ridiculous concert. tree →
note
A strong total cue: join the parts (add), or multiply when the parts are equal groups. Trap: it can follow a removal, as in «how many are left altogether», which is still subtraction first. Do not mix «altogether» (in total, completely) with «all together» (everyone in one place or at once: «Sing all together!»).
In the corpora
- The Mole «missed the surface altogether»; he grabbed the side of the boat, «and the next moment—Sploosh!
- Many very common verbs ignore -ed altogether: swim, swam; run, ran; go, went; catch, caught.
- Supply, weather and winter often stopped real campaigns altogether.
- I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.'
- I would with one step burn it altogether.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «altogether» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.