[Grammar] THE WHOLE/WHOLE world is today facing the threat of extinction...

[Sahil Dhankhar]

This is not my homework.

1-Is it necessary to use "the" before whole everytime?

2-THE WHOLE/WHOLE world is today facing the threat of extinction due to the inventions of Science.

3-Is it possible or necessary to use capital letter "s" in "Science" in above sentence?

4-Is "the" possible or necessary before "capital letter" in above sentence?

5- Is "possible or must" in above two sentences correctly used?

 

[Rover_KE]

Is it necessary to use "the" before "whole" every time?

It's necessary to use 'the' before 'whole' when it's followed by a singular noun as in the above sentence, but not when you say "I have spent my whole life worrying about the threat of extinction".

It's possible (because you've just done it) to capitalise "science", but incorrect – except when it's part of a name or title – such as "Faculty of Science".

Write 'Is it aceptable (delete 'or must') to use a capital letter "s" in "Science" in the above sentence?

 

[Sahil Dhankhar]

I think when you say- It's necessary to use 'the' before 'whole' when it's followed by a singular noun, you mean countable noun in the singular form.
Whole sugar was wasted. (I think it's correct.)
The whole sugar was wasted. (I think it's incorrect.)

 

[emsr2d2]

They're both incorrect. There's no such thing as "whole sugar" or "the whole sugar". Do you mean "The whole bag/box/tin/bowl of sugar ...""

 

[jutfrank]

1) No.
2) You need the.
3) No, neither necessary nor possible.
4) Yes, it's possible but it's not necessary and it's not as good as a.
5) The question doesn't make any sense. None of your sentences use "possible or must" as you claim.

 

[emsr2d2]

Perhaps Q5 was supposed to say "Did I use 'possible' and 'necessary' correctly in sentences 3 and 4?"

 

[probus]

Correct and natural is "All of the sugar was wasted."

 

[Sahil Dhankhar]

"It's necessary to use 'the' before 'whole' when it's followed by a singular noun as in the above sentence, but not when you say "I have spent my whole life worrying about the threat of extinction"."
I think "my whole life" hasn't used "the" as whole is preceded by "my".
Kindly give me some examples of "whole" preceded by "the" and followed by a plural noun.

 

[jutfrank]

Kindly give me some examples of "whole" preceded by "the" and followed by a plural noun.

We don't use whole that way.

Because of the meaning of whole relating to wholes, not parts, it's used with singular nouns. (Except in the use shown in post #9)

 

[Sahil Dhankhar]

Which of the following sentences are correct?

1-The whole wheat bread is nutritious.
2-Whole wheat bread is nutritious.
3-I bought bread.
4-I bought the bread.
5-I bought whole wheat bread.
6-I bought the whole wheat bread.

 

[tedmc]

2 , 3 and 5 are correct.
Why do you use "the" for the rest?

 

[Sahil Dhankhar]

Can we use "whole" with uncountable nouns that are singular in nature.
Example- "whole news", "whole furniture", "whole luggage"
Which of the following sentences are correct?
1- The whole news was fake.
2- Whole news was fake.

 

[tedmc]

I would say, " the news is completely fake".

 

[emsr2d2]

I would say (no comma here) "The news is completely fake".

Note my punctuation, spacing and capitalisation corrections above.

I would say "All the news was fake". You could use "whole" in something like "The whole news story/broadcast was fake".

 

[Sahil Dhankhar]

It is because I am confused and somehow believe that "whole" is preceded by "the" most of the times.

 

[jutfrank]

It is because I am confused and somehow believe that "whole" is preceded by "the" most of the times.

whole is usually followed by either the or a but of course it depends on the use.

 

[jutfrank]

preceded

Oops. Yes—preceded.