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Determiners and quantifiers 6

IMO All, both, whole
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All (of) my friends like watching sport on TV
I suppose all exercise carries some risks.
By the time we got to the bus stop both of us were completely exhausted.
I thought the whole event was brilliant
Sometimes I go whole weeks without running

We usually put all after the verb be or after the first auxiliary verb:
Next spring we're all going to Madrid.
They could all have been Olympic athletes.
If there is no auxiliary, we usually put all before the verb:
We all went running together.
We sometimes use all after the noun it refers to:
My friends all think I'm crazy. orAil my friends think I'm crazy.
To talk about two things or people we use both (of) in positive sentences or neither (of) in negative sentences:
We certainly both got a lot fitter. Both of us were completely exhausted.
Neither of us did any exercise. (not Both-efus-didts4-dettlif exercise.)
Before singular countable nouns we usually use the whole rather than all (of)the
I thought the whole event was brilliant.
Before day / week I night / month summer, etc. we prefer all rather than the whole:
After Eve been sitting at my computer all day I can't wait to go out for a run.
I might go all week without a run.
We can use all the or the whole before way and time
I was really surprised when I managed to run all the way or ... the whole way.

2.4 Every, each

I go running on Wednesday and on Friday, and I try to run ten miles each day. or ...every day.
Every one of us will have a really good time. or Each one of us ...
Before a singular countable noun, we use each (of)to talk about two or more things or people, and every to
talk about three or more. Sometimes we can use either every or each with little difference in meaning.
We use every
with almost, nearly, practically, virtually to emphasise we are talking about a group as a whole
Now I run nearly every day.
to talk about events at regular intervals: every other kilometre, every single day, every few weeks, every
six months:
I go out running every couple of days.
We use each:
when we talk about both people or things in a pair:
I had to wear a bandage on each knee. or ... on both knees.
as a pronoun:
We were each given a medal for completing the 5-kilometre fun run.

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