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Is it altogether or all together?

Both of these expressions exist in British English. They do, however, have different meanings and are commonly mixed up.

Altogether:

This means ‘entirely’, ‘completely’, ‘utterly’, ‘all told’, ‘all in all’ and ‘with everything considered’.

Examples:

Altogether, there were 50 of them.
They were altogether different from usual.
He had an altogether odd view of the world of grammar.

All together:

This means several things or people have been brought together.

Examples:

The workers met all together in one room.
The countries’ people were standing all together.

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