00 / Grammar and structure
altogether vs all together
Altogether means completely or in total, while all together describes a group acting or gathered in one place.
01 / Side by side
Completely, entirely, or in total.
The new office layout is altogether more efficient than the previous design.
all together
A group acting in unison.
The choir members began to sing all together after the conductor's signal.
02 / Watch out
Wrong: I am not all together sure that this strategy will work.Right: I am not altogether sure that this strategy will work.
Wrong: The team arrived altogether for the start of the morning briefing.Right: The team arrived all together for the start of the morning briefing.
03 / Remember
Altogether = All-in-all. All together = All at once.
04 / Quick check
Fill the gap with one of the two options.
- 1.
The new electric car model is more efficient than the previous version released last year.
- 2.
Please place the completed application forms in this blue folder.
- 3.
The remote team met in the London office to discuss the upcoming product launch.
- 4.
We spent fifty dollars on the supplies for the staff party.
- 5.
Our group chat grew so noisy that I decided to leave the platform on Tuesday.