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Discover LudwigThe phrase "all that I could" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to express the maximum effort or extent of something that was possible for the speaker to do. Example: "I tried all that I could to help her, but she still decided to leave."
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After doing all that I could to convince Mr. Radesic that I was his friend, he relinquished a couple of small bottles.
I did this for a few years to really absorb all that I could.
So I stacked some loot, packed all that I could carry, and left the rest at the curb in front of my newly vacant efficiency on Cascade Road.
I quite properly did all that I could to make sure that everything was being done by the book.
I read all that I could find.
I felt I had accomplished all that I could as a columnist.
Of course: then as now, it was all that I could do.
In fact, she didn't give me any argument at all that I could comprehend.
"I had done all that I could for China," she said.
I waited as long as I could, did all that I could".
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