Hello Scott, I would say it is a determiner. If it were in a more canonical position, but clearly less probable (statistically speaking), such as "All the happy teachers and all their smiling students....", its nature of determiner would be apparent. Sergio Pizziconi 2018-01-11 21:51 GMT+01:00 Scott Woods < [log in to unmask]>: > 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/