Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Adverb Phrase 3. The adverb phrase today is all
told. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. If we say something is all told we
mean that is with everything included or counted. Okay. Let's continue. The origin of
this phrase comes from an old use of the word' to tell' which meant to count. This
is also where we get the word from as in bank teller. That's why we call a bank
teller, a bank teller and I always used to wonder that too. Why teller ? What does
teller have to do with that ? I guess there was an old meaning of teller. Which
actually meant to count. So that's why we call a bank teller, a bank teller too, and
you know, remember told is the past tense of the verb tell. So all told meant like
all counted up or all included. Okay. Let's continue. All right. We got a couple of
examples here. Elizabeth Taylor had eight marriages and seven husbands all told. So
finally when you know throughout her whole life if he counted it all up
that's what she had. Eight marriages and seven husbands. She married Richard
Burton twice. So that's why that worked out that way. So she married the one
actor two times. So that's why she had eight marriages and seven husbands. All
right. Let's look at number two here. Barry Bonds ended up with seven hundred
and sixty two major league home runs all told to be the all-time home run leader.
So that is the way we use it.. When we counted everything or we included everything or
we added everything up. Okay. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it was clear. Thank you
for your time. Bye-bye.