Learn English – There is no place or There is no place in the world

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Given the sentence:

New restaurants are appearing all over the place.

If I change this sentence using "There is no" structure, the possible answers are:

1.There is no place where new restaurants are not
appearing.

2.There is no place in the world where new restaurants are not appearing.

According to question, I am not sure whether my answer needs to add "in the world" after place or not.

Best Answer

The idiomatic phrase you are using

all over the place

is synonymous with

all around me
all around this area
everywhere

however, the extent is dependent on context.

The kids' toys are all over the place. (standing in a room)
toys are everywhere in this room

It's a blizzard! Snow is just falling all over the place! (standing outside)
snow is falling everywhere around me (within my visible area)

New restaurants are appearing all over the place. (standing on a street corner)
new restaurants are opening all over town

Global warming will cause weather disruptions all over the place.
weather disruptions throughout the world

Usually, if one wants to refer to the entire world one might use

New restaurants are appearing everywhere.
Global warming will cause weather disruptions everywhere.

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