Can I say "All people can get treatment" to express the same meaning of "these people can all get treatment"?
Native speaker’s answer
Rebecca
Great question! Here, the word "these" is referring to people with severe cases of Covid-19, so the sentence "these people can all get treatment" means that all the people with severe cases will be able to get treatment. If you were to say "all people can get treatment" instead, this would not have the same meaning as the first sentence because it would mean that everyone on Earth would be able to get treatment. So the two sentences do not express the same meaning.