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Discover LudwigThe phrase "all we meant" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to clarify or summarize the intention behind a statement or action.
Example: "When we said we wanted to help, all we meant was that we were offering our support in any way we could."
Alternatives: "what we intended" or "our only intention".
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"Don't turn your fuckin back on me after all we meant to each other," the man said.
All we meant was to convey the common-sense assumption that in molecular evolution "big changes" are selected against more frequently and more stringently than "small changes".
The title says it all: "We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People Metropolitan Books/Henryry Holt & Company).
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And by "all" we mean those of us who have enjoyed tossing bricks at Apple for missing the netbook frenzy of the past two years.
When we say, informally, that an event recurs, all we mean is that its substrate has had its content before.
"You will come back?" We told him we would by all means and we meant it.
We all know how much we meant to you.
(By "50%% of all bioactivity" we mean 50%% of all active samples).
Returning to an all-inclusive "we" means government has a role to play.
And when we say "all the shoes‚" we mean all the shoes.
We all know what we mean by the part that matters.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com