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I think you could get by using either, but you probably would use 2 when referring to your workplace (ie a location) whereas 1 just means late for your job (location doesn't matter).

Also 2 could...

Yeh, and it sounds like cents. There is no point in abbreviating such a short word. In that case, you may as well abb. ev. wor. reg. of its len. d. y. t. :lol:

If you leave out the article it changes the meaning of the sentence.

The men are all spaced out - THE men, those blokes standing over there/the men in my rugby team/the men who attacked her.....
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Actually, I think that if you wanted to say "all the men are spaced out" then you would put the stress on "all".

The men are all spaced out.

If you wanted to say they are "completely spaced...

Huh? I don't understand what you're asking....

BTW, yes the sentence is ambiguous. It could mean either that all of them are spaced out or that they are completely spaced out, as you were talking...