All, the whole (examples, how to use)
How to use the words all and the whole correctly.
| All | |
| We use all or all of to express the total number or amount of something. | all (of) my friends, all (of) the time All (of) my friends visited me in the hospital. |
| We usually use all or all of with uncountable nouns. | all (of) the money, all (of) the oil She has spent all (of) the money on cosmetics. |
| We usually use all of with personal pronouns it, them, etc. | all of them, all of it Have you invited all of them? |
| All can be placed after the personal pronouns you, we, they, them, us. | we all, they all We all enjoyed the concert. |
| The whole | |
| We usually use the whole or the whole of with singular countable nouns. | the whole meeting, my whole life She lived in the same house her whole life. |
| All, the whole | |
| Both all and the whole can be used with time expressions. However, all is used more often. | all day / the whole day all morning / the whole morning I was there all day. I was there the whole day. |
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Exercise: all, the whole (lower-intermediate)