At all means in any way or to any degree, and it makes a negative stronger: I didn't sleep at all means I didn't sleep even for a moment. In questions, it means even a little: Do you speak French at all? It isn't used in ordinary positive sentences.
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not + verb (+ object) + at all; not at all + adjective; nothing/nobody + at all; question + at all?
- I didn't sleep at all on the night flight because a baby was crying behind me.
- The new manager's instructions were not at all clear, so we asked her to explain again.
- Have you heard anything at all from the company since your interview?
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First versionI don't like at all the new design of the website.
RevisionI don't like the new design of the website at all.
At all goes at the end of the negative part, after the verb and its object: don't like the new design at all. It doesn't go between the verb and its object, so don't like at all the new design sounds unnatural.
Not at all can also be a reply on its own. To Do you mind if I open the window?, the answer Not at all means “I don't mind in the slightest”. In British English, it's also a polite reply to thanks: Thanks for waiting. — Not at all.
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I've been so busy that I haven't had time to read ___ this month.
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at all — The speaker means they had no time to read whatsoever, so the negative needs strengthening, which is what at all does. In general means “generally, overall” and doesn't strengthen a negative: haven't had time to read in general makes no sense in English.
Write about something you didn't do at all last week. Name it and explain why.
I didn't go to the gym at all last week because I had a bad cold.
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