Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
all to often
English answer:
"all too often"
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De la Vera C (X)
Jan 27, 2006 11:39
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English term
all to often
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The phrase goes like this: "All to often we are swept along with life's responsibilities and don't take time to sit down and look at ourselves". I think I somewhere read "all too often", but I want to know whether "all to often" is correct or not. I'm not sure either of the exact meaning, maybe just "too often"? Thanks a lot in advance. Verónica
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| 4 +14 | "all too often" |
Kurt Porter
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| 4 +3 | no |
Brie Vernier
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| 5 +1 | all too often means frequently or more often that not, so... |
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
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| 4 | all too often |
ahmed elmenoufy
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| 4 | all too often |
ahmed elmenoufy
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| 2 +1 | yes |
Jonathan MacKerron
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Jan 26, 2011 22:31: De la Vera C (X) Created KOG entry
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Kurt Porter
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"all too often"
You are correct it should be too.
just another way of saying "too often." Used quite a bit to emphasize a negative point.
just another way of saying "too often." Used quite a bit to emphasize a negative point.
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vixen
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Thank you, vixen.
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Alison Jenner
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Thank you, Alison.
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Joanna Borowska
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Thank you, ryfka.
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Brie Vernier
: Long time, no see, Kurt. Welcome back : )
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Thank you Brie! Had a couple of side jobs in November, 30 days vacation in the Phillippines in December, just got back from two VERY cold weeks in Moscow...and it is good to be back! :) :)
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Thank you, Dave.
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Thank you, Alexander.
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Andrey Belousov (X)
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Thank you, Andrey.
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NancyLynn
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Thank you, NancyLynn.
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Can Altinbay
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Thank you, Can Altinbay.
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RHELLER
: to/too is one of the most common spelling mistakes
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Thank you, Rita!
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conejo
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Thank you, conejo.
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Alfa Trans (X)
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Thank you, Marju.
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anglophilia
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No, Thank you, Anglophilia. :)
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ahmed elmenoufy
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you Kurt, and thanks to everyone for your valuable input. Verónica"
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Jonathan MacKerron
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Works in: German to English, French to English
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yes
meaning that "unfortuantely, we are too often swept along"
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we let ourselves be influenced by...
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we let ourselves be influenced by...
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vixen
: the question was whether 'all to often' (only 1 'o') is correct
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no, the question addressed the term "all too often" itself, Verobrun obviously made a typing mistake
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ahmed elmenoufy
: all too often is correct ,it expresses the repetition of something when it,s repetitive so many times
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Brie Vernier
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"all to often" is not correct. 'all too often' is the expression.
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It places greater emphasis on the "too often" bit. Also common is "entirely too often". "Too often" is, of course, also acceptable, just lacks the additional force.
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It places greater emphasis on the "too often" bit. Also common is "entirely too often". "Too often" is, of course, also acceptable, just lacks the additional force.
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Joanna Borowska
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Thanks, ryfka
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Can Altinbay
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Thanks, Can
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Seema Ugrankar
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Thanks, ugrankar
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all too often means frequently or more often that not, so...
it is just another way of saying it - something that happens frequently. Too often is not quite enough for your sentence even though it is correct.
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ahmed elmenoufy
9YEARS AS A LAWYER AND SWORN TRANSLATOR
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, English
all too often
all too often express the repetition of something when it is repeated many times,or when it is repetitive
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thousands of thanks for every body,all of you are too sweet
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thousands of thanks for every body,all of you are too sweet
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ahmed elmenoufy
9YEARS AS A LAWYER AND SWORN TRANSLATOR
Native in: Arabic
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, English
all too often
too often express the repetition of something when it is repeated many times ,or when it is repetitive
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thousands of thanks for every body,all of yoy are too sweet
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Jonathan,as a newcomer to Proz.com i feel so happy by the questions and answers,it look as if we say helo to each other in form of these questions and answers besides the valuable knowledge we get through them
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Jonathan,as a newcomer to Proz.com i feel so happy by such answers and questions , it look as if we say helo to each other n form of such answers and questions besides exchanging valuable knowledge
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Note added at 2 days10 hrs (2006-01-29 21:56:50 GMT) Post-grading
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thousands of thanks for every body,all of yoy are too sweet
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Note added at 2 days10 hrs (2006-01-29 22:13:09 GMT) Post-grading
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Jonathan,as a newcomer to Proz.com i feel so happy by the questions and answers,it look as if we say helo to each other in form of these questions and answers besides the valuable knowledge we get through them
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Note added at 2 days10 hrs (2006-01-29 22:24:49 GMT) Post-grading
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Jonathan,as a newcomer to Proz.com i feel so happy by such answers and questions , it look as if we say helo to each other n form of such answers and questions besides exchanging valuable knowledge
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