Whole & All

[Tdol]

http://www.usingenglish.com/articles/all-whole.html

[blacknomi]

With Plural Nouns:
They have different meanings:

All exams were affected. = Every exam was affected.
Whole exams were affected. = This doesn't mean that every exam was affected, but that some were affected completely.

I'll be glad if you can offer one more example. :wink:

[Francois]

Whole careers have been ruined as a result of the scandal.
All careers have their ups and downs.

FRC

[blacknomi]

Originally Posted by Francois

Whole careers have been ruined as a result of the scandal.
All careers have their ups and downs.

FRC

All careers- all walks of life
whole careers- for me, it sounds the same with 'all careers'. :?

[Francois]

All careers = every career, no one excepted.
Whole careers = the entire career of some individuals.

In the first case, everybody is impacted. In the second, only a few people are, but they're crushed.

FRC

[blacknomi]

My whole careers are just a joke.
All my careers is a joke.


Yike! They sound just the same. :?
I'm slow today. (wicked snicker back)

[Francois]

As a rule, one has only one career -- but it is possible to have several, say, if you have several majors and change job.
Thus, more common would be 'my whole career is just a joke" (= my entire career).

FRC

[nosayr]

i guess after "all" should come "of" and after "whole" should come a noun..

whats ur opinion ?

[RonBee]

All with "of":

All of the pie was eaten.

All without "of":

All pies are made to be eaten.

~R

[chtylmz]

we can use whole if we would already use the..such>>the whole school..
but we should put 'the' after 'all' ,if all is used such>>all the classrooms..
then the answer seems to be 'whole'
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