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3 all with uncountables
We can use all, but not every, with uncountable nouns.
I like aU music. (NOT ••• euery mfll3ic.)
4 all day and every day etc
Note the difference between all day/week etc and every day/week etc. She was here aU day. (:::: from morning to night)
She was here every day. (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, ...)
For the difference between every and each, see 170.
40 all and whole
1 pronunciation
all /,yJ./ whole /haul/
2 word order
All (of) and whole can both be used with singular nouns to mean 'complete', 'every part of. The word order is different.
all (of) + determiner + noun determiner + whole + noun
- Julie spent aU (oj) the summer at home. Julie spent the whole summer at home.
3 indefinite reference
- aU (oj) my life my whole life
All is not generally used before indefinite articles. She's eaten a whole loaf. (NOT ••• all a 16f:tf.)
4 uncountable nouns
With most uncountable nouns we prefer all (o/).
I've drunk aU (oj) the milk. (NOT ..• the wh6le mille:)
5 the whole of
Instead of whole we can generally use the whole of. Julie spent the whole ofthe summer at home.
the whole ofmy life
Before proper nouns (names) and pronouns we always use the whole of, not
whole. All (of) is also possible.
The whole of/AU ofVenice was under water. (NOT YRt6le lPtetliee •••) I've just read the whole of/ all of War and Peace'.
I've read the whole of/ all ofit.
6 plural nouns
With plural nouns, all and whole have different meanings. All is like every; whole means 'complete', 'entire'. Compare:
AU Indian tribes suffered from white settlement in America. (:::: Every Indian tribe suffered ...)
Whole Indian tribes were killed off. (:::: Complete tribes were killed off; nobody was left alive in these tribes.)
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