altogether

[Ume]

Hello.

Which is your preference?
1) That's a different matter altogether.
2) That's an altogether different matter.
3) That's altogether a different matter.

 

[suzi br]

I do not think there is much to choose between them, you can say them all.

 

[elroy]

In colloquial speech, I'd be most likely to say #1.

 

[Acronym]

i think number one is my choice

 

[panjandrum]

I like them in the order presented. I feel a bit squirmy about (3) because altogether has strayed from a comfortable place in and around different matter. For the same reason, Altogether that's different matter, would feel strange to me.

Very approximately, altogether means completely in these sentences.
Try reading them with completely instead.

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