Determiners in a noun phrase

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ALL (determiner)
Used with plural nouns. The noun may have the, this, that, my, her,
his, etc. in front of it, or a number.
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/all_1

Does OED's definition imply after all you can't have both a determiner and a number, as in all these five answers are wrong, or all the five people wanted to go?
What about These five answers are all wrong and The five people all wanted to ?

chasly - supports Monica · Answer

all these five answers are wrong, or all the five people wanted to go

Neither of these is exactly incorrect. They aren't particularly idiomatic though.  It's just more common to say:
all five of these answers are wrong
and
all five people wanted to go
I think that the rule given in the dictionary is a reasonable one.

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