When to use worldwide and whole world?

What is the difference between whole world and wide world? When do you use one and not the other?

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Originally Posted by JOELOBO

What is the difference between whole world and wide world? When do you use one and not the other?

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Use "worldwide" to modify a noun. It's an adjective.

The noun phrase "whole world" is often preceded by "in the".

in the whole world

Football is a worldwide sport. (soccer in the US)

The whole world watches the International Olympic Games.

Is football the most popular sport in the whole world?

:-)

why did you use 's' in that sentence.The whole world watches the International Olympic Games. ''The whole world'' isnt it plural sentence?

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Originally Posted by Arda

why did you use 's' in that sentence.The whole world watches the International Olympic Games. ''The whole world'' isnt it plural sentence?

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"Whole world" is a collective noun, and it takes a singular verb.

It's like "everyone". We say "everyone is listening".

In British usage, some collective nouns are treated as singular nouns or plural nouns. I don't know if this is the case with "whole world", as I'm not British. So maybe a BrE speaker can comment here.

There may be an exception or two, but in American English, collective nouns are singular.

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thank a lot for your answer;)

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Originally Posted by PROESL

"Whole world" is a collective noun, and it takes a singular verb.

It's like "everyone". We say "everyone is listening".

In British usage, some collective nouns are treated as singular nouns or plural nouns. I don't know if this is the case with "whole world", as I'm not British. So maybe a BrE speaker can comment here.

There may be an exception or two, but in American English, collective nouns are singular.

;-)

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I have seen and heard both "The whole world is..." and "The whole world are..."in BrE.

Big master thank you very much i got it now;)