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What's the difference between "whole" and "all"? Could you give me some examples of sentences?
What's the difference between "whole" and "all"? Could you give me some examples of sentences?
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whole is used to describe an entirety of a thing, like, "he ate the whole thing", it basically just means all of it, and all means to a full extent or degree, like, "we are all out of milk"
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@wobbzly
Both of them work with plural and singular nouns and countables and uncountables nouns, right?
Both of them work with plural and singular nouns and countables and uncountables nouns, right?
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@sitrajesus "whole" is used to talk about the entirety of one thing. "all" is used to talk about every one of something.
I ate the whole pizza (the pizza is thought of as one thing here)
I ate all of the pizza (all the pieces of pizza)
The whole office liked the cake I made (the office is one group of people)
All the people in my office liked the cake I made
All the kids behaved well.
The whole groups of kids behaved well.
I drank all 16 ounces of water at once.
I drank the whole 16 ounce glass of water at once.
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@KevinF
Both of them work with plural and singular nouns and countables and uncountables nouns, right?
Both of them work with plural and singular nouns and countables and uncountables nouns, right?
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@sitrajesus I'm not sure. I can only say what sounds natural to me, not what is technically correct.
@sitrajesus I'm not sure. I can only say what sounds natural to me, not what is technically correct.
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