I would say it functions as an appositive referring to the "teachers" and the "students." Clinton Atchley, Ph.D. Professor of English and Chair Department of English, Foreign Languages, and Philosophy Henderson State University Box 7652 1100 Henderson Street Arkadelphia, AR 71999 870.230.5276 On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 2:51 PM, Scott Woods < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi All, > > In the following sentence <The happy teachers and their smiling students > all enjoyed the grammar party> how would you characterize the word <all>? > > What is its function and what would you call it? > > Thanks, > > Scott Woods > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface > at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or > leave the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/