Consider the following sentences:
1. All of us are not going to attend the meeting.
2. None of us is going to attend the meeting.
Many of us use the first form, when we actually mean the second. It is important to notice that these two sentences have very different meanings.
NOT [ ALL ] = SOME
Not all does not mean none; it means some.
So when we say “all of us are not going” it does not mean “none of us is going“; it actually means “some of us are going, while some are not.”
Category: Common English errors
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