Whole & All

[Tdol]

https://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]

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'
...

 

[RonBee]

You can say she spent the whole time talking or she spent all the time talking. Or you can say she talks all the time.
;-)

~R

 

[Tdol]

Exactly right, Chtylmz. ;-)

 

[Epica]

oh

what the different between all and whole


for me i know all but its first time i hear about whole ...​

 

[Fleur de mort]

Can I use any one of : all or whole??
I can't discrimination


what is the different ​

 

[nguyenhung75]

All + Noun/Phrase
All + Of + The ...
All + Of + Pronoun
The + whole (as an adj) + Noun

Am I right?

 

[RonBee]

All + Noun/Phrase
All + Of + The ...
All + Of + Pronoun
The + whole (as an adj) + Noun

Am I right?

That looks good to me.

(Say: "What is the difference?")

~R

 

[shining truth]

I beleive:
All is a modified article normally of comes after it.

Whole is an adjective.


But still the meaning is not understood by us.

So we need more exaplainations.

Waitings my guys

 

[maggie wu]

:-d

 

[RonBee]

You need to read the whole dictionary to learn all the words in the dictionary.

https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/42122-general.html#post178954

 

[cool_boy]

my teacher had said me "There isn't difference between all and whole, they are synonym" so i didnt understand that .. may some1 explain that?