5 exercises — practise conceding known flaws with "for all" before the main point.
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Which sentence correctly uses "for all" followed by a noun phrase to mean "despite" its flaws?
"For all its quirks, the build system has never once corrupted an artifact in production" correctly uses "for all" directly before the possessive noun phrase, without an inserted "of". Option B incorrectly adds "of". Option C reverses the word order. Option D adds an unnecessary "that" after the noun phrase.
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Which sentence correctly uses "for all" with a noun phrase describing a legacy system's shortcomings?
"For all its outdated dependencies, the monolith still processes every order without failure" correctly uses the possessive "its" and places "for all" before it. Option B incorrectly uses the contraction "it's" (it is) instead of the possessive "its". Options C and D scramble the word order of the fixed phrase.
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Which sentence correctly uses "for all that" as a standalone concessive connector meaning "despite this"?
"The migration took three extra weeks; for all that, it shipped with zero data loss" correctly uses the fixed phrase "for all that" as a self-contained concessive connector after the semicolon. Options B, C, and D all scramble or duplicate the words in the fixed phrase.
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Which sentence correctly distinguishes "for all" (concession, meaning "despite") from "despite all" in a code review comment about a messy but working script?
"For all its nested callbacks, this script has run reliably in production for two years" correctly uses "for all" alone as the concessive marker. Options B, C, and D all incorrectly combine "for all" with "despite", producing a redundant and ungrammatical double marker.
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Which sentence correctly uses "for all" with a plural noun phrase listing multiple known limitations of an API?
"For all its rate limits and sparse documentation, the API remains the most reliable option we've tested" correctly uses "for all" before a coordinated noun phrase with the possessive "its". Option B wrongly uses the contraction "it's". Option C adds an unnecessary "that". Option D reverses "for all" to "all for".