24 February 2012 / by Radmila Gurkova

all or the whole......?



 

 

All/the whole..........?

 

 

 

The whole


We usually use the whole (of) with singular countable nouns.

The can be replaced by a possessive pronoun our, my, etc.

the whole meeting, my whole life

  • He worked in the same office his whole life.




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All

We use all (of) to express the total number or amount of something.

  • All (of) my friends visited me in London.


We usually use all (of) with uncountable nouns.

  • She has spent all (of) the money on clothes.


All is usually placed after the personal pronoun we, they, them, us.

  • We all enjoyed the football match


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All or the whole

All or the whole can be used with time expressions.

all day / the whole day…..all morning / the whole morning

  • I was at work all day.

  • I was at work the whole day.









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