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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