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Now, learn the differences
between all and
whole.
Use whole with a
singular countable noun.
He ate the whole pie.
The whole city is interesting.
Use all with an
uncountable noun or a
plural countable noun.
He ate all the food.
He ate all the vegetables.
All New York is interesting.
All the parts are interesting.
All of may be used
instead of all or whole with a
noun or pronoun.
He ate all the pie.
He ate all of the food.
He ate all of the vegetables.
He ate all of it.
He ate all of them.
All of the city is interesting.
All of them are interesting.
Whole comes after
an article (a, an or the), a
singular demonstrative (this or
that), or a genitive word (my,
his, Sara´s, etc.).
John spent a whole day in the
morning.
The whole class went to the
lecture.
This whole week has passed
quickly.
My whole day was ruined.
All comes before
the definitive articles (the), a
singular or plural demonstrative
(this, these, that, those), and
genitives (my, his, Sara´s,
etc.).
My teacher gave me all the
advice I needed.
All that information turned out
to be correct.
All those examples were quite
interesting.
All Sara´s bothers are very
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