Difference between all and whole. Difference between ALL and THE WHOLE

In our last article, you got acquainted with the use of all in a sentence with other parts of speech. If you missed this material, no problem, you can easily find it.
Today we will tell you what the difference is between using the word all and words similar in meaning to it: everything, everybody, every, whole.

All or everything?

All meaning "everything" (everything) cannot appear in a sentence on its own and is always used with a subordinate clause that provides clarification.

All (that) he cooked was delicious. - Everything he cooked was delicious.

They lost all (that) they had. - They lost everything they had.

Word everything can be used without a subordinate (explanatory) clause:

Everything (that he cooked) was delicious. - Everything (that he cooked) was very tasty.

They lost everything (that they had). - They lost everything (that they had).

Structure all (that) + subordinate clause can mean “only”, “nothing more”, “the only thing”:

All (that) I need is to be with you. - All I need is to be with you (I don’t need anything else).

All (that) you have to do is to fill in the application form. - All you need to do is fill out an application (you only need to fill out an application).

Everything is not used in this meaning.

You may have come across all in the old English textbooks meaning everything And everybody no nouns and subordinate clauses, however, in modern English such use can be found extremely rarely, mainly in newspaper headlines:

The police finds out all. - The police are finding out everything.

Suspect tells everyone. - The suspect tells everything.

Can only be used in certain expressions all :

All about - everything about, all information about
all at once - suddenly, suddenly, unexpectedly
most of all - most of all
... and all - ... and everything else
all in all - in general
nothing at all - nothing at all, nonsense
all right - everything is fine

All or everyone?

There is only one difference in usage between these words: in the meaning of "all" in relation to people, all is usually used with a noun:

All the guests came to the party. - All the guests came to the party.

All the people smiled. - All the people were smiling.

Offers All came to the party And All smiled grammatically incorrect, because all is used without a noun.

Instead of all + noun you can safely use words everybody or everyone :

Everybody/everyone came to the party. - Everyone came to the party.

All or every?

All And every can be used in relation to people or objects. There is a slight difference in meaning: every means “all without exception.”

There are also differences in usage.

Firstly, every used with singular nouns, and all- in the plural:

Every woman likes flowers. - Every woman loves flowers.
All women like flowers. - All women love flowers.

Every painting was a masterpiece. - Each painting was a masterpiece.
All paintings were masterpieces. - All the paintings were masterpieces.

Secondly, every is not used with determiners (articles, possessive adjectives and demonstrative pronouns):

All (of) the cars are new. - All cars are new.
Every car is new. - Every car is new.

She signed all (of) the cards. - She signed all the cards.
She signed every card. - She signed every card.

Finally, with uncountable nouns, only all can be used:

All water is polluted. - All water is polluted.

He likes all music. - He loves all music.

All or whole?

All And wholesale mean “whole, whole, entirely” when used with singular countable nouns, the constructions in which they are used differ:

all (of) + determiner + noun

determiner + whole + noun

All (of) the day it was raining. = The whole day it was raining. - It rained all/all day.

Mary ate all (of) the cake. = Mary ate the whole cake. - Mary ate the whole/whole cake.

With the indefinite article A you can only find whole :

She read a whole book! - She read the entire book!

He was so hungry that he ate a whole pizza. - He was so hungry that he ate all the pizza.

With uncountable nouns we use all (of):

They wasted all (of) the money. - They spent all the money.

We drank all (of) the water. - We drank all the water.

Whole, like all, can be used with a preposition of , but in this case the whole must be preceded by a definite article the :

the + whole+ of + noun

The whole (of) day it was raining. - It rained all day.

Mary ate the whole (of) cake. - Mary ate the whole cake.

The before whole can be replaced by another qualifier, but then of not used:

my/his/ her + whole + noun

My whole life is full of emotions. - My whole life is full of emotions.

His whole family congratulated him. - His whole family congratulated him.

All (of) or the whole of can be used before proper names, meaning “whole, entirely”:

All (of)/ the whole of Atlantida was flooded. - All of Atlantis was flooded.

He likes poetry and read all (of)/ the whole of Pushkin. - He loves poetry and has read all of Pushkin.

When whole and all are used with plural nouns, they have different meanings:

All families came to the square. - All the families came to the square.
(All the families of a given village or city came, but we don’t know where in full force or not)

Whole families came to the square. - Entire families came to the square.
(People came in families. Not individual family members came, but everyone)

That's all for today! Good luck in learning English!

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The difference is in the use of the words all, every and whole. The English words all, every and whole can be translated as “all, everything,” but they are used in different ways. Let's look at the difference. All and everybody/everyone As a rule, to indicate that we are talking about all people, everyone/everyone is used, not all: It was a good party. Everybody enjoyed it. When the fire alarm rank, everyone left the building immediately. But if we clarify - all of us, all of them / we all, they all - then only all is used: all of us/you/them, we/you/they all We all did well in the examination. All of us passed. All and everything Both of these words are translated as “everything” and are sometimes used interchangeably. For example, in the constructions all I can, all you need: I’ll do all I can to help him – I’ll do everything to help him. They will provide all you need - They will provide everything you need. But if there are no qualifying words, everything is usually used: Why are you so lazy? Why do you expect me to do everything for you? (not all for you) - Why are you so lazy? Why do you think that I will do everything for you? Nothing has changed. Everything is the same as it was. (not all is the same) - Nothing has changed. Everything remained the same. All is used in the expression ‘all about’ – all about (something) Margaret told me all about her new job. It sounds quite interesting. - Margaret told me everything about her work. Sounds pretty interesting. All is also used to express “the only thing that...” All I’ve eaten today is a sandwich. - All I ate today was one sandwich. All I know about her is just her name. - The only thing I know about her is her name. I didn't have much money with me. All I had was ten pounds. - I have some money with me. All I have is 10 pounds. Please note that the words every/everybody/everyone/everything singular, therefore the singular verb agrees with them: Everybody wants to be his friend. “Everyone wants to be his friend.” But instead of the 3rd person general pronoun, the form is used plural they/them/their: Everybody said they enjoyed themselves. “Everyone said they had a good time.” All and whole - all Whole - all in the meaning “whole, entirely”. Most often, whole is used with singular countable nouns: In summer I read the whole book “War and Peace” - In the summer I read the book “War and Peace” in its entirety. She has lived her whole life in this small town. – She has lived in a small town all her life. In these examples, you can use all, but the order of the words in the phrase will be different. Compare: the whole book / all the book her whole life / all her life With uncountable nouns, only all is used: He has spent all his pocket money on sweets. He spent all his pocket money on sweets. Every/all/whole with the time words Every – each – denotes the frequency of the action: every day/week/year, every ten minutes/ every other day. I help my Mom every day. – I help my mother every day. Please call me every two hours. – Please call me (every) every 2 hours. His father sends him a check every four weeks. – His father sends him a check every 4 weeks. To designate a period of time from beginning to end, both all and whole are used: all day / the whole day, all week / the whole week etc. He was doing his homework all evening / the whole evening. - He did his homework all evening. It rained all week / the whole week. -It rained for a whole week. Please note that in the phrases all day / all night / all week the article is not used. Exception - all the time - always, constantly, all the time. But do not confuse it with every time - every time. Compare: They never go out. They are at home all the time. – They never leave the house. They are at home all the time. Every time I go there, I get stressed. “Every time I go there, I get nervous.”

Let's figure out what the difference is between the two similar words: "all" And " the whole".

"All" stands for "all things" (plural) and indicates that severalobjects were combined. When we talk about everyone, we are generalizing a few items.

All the students- All students

All the people- All people

All the countries- All countries

"The whole" translates as "whole"/"whole" or "whole", meaning that over one object(singular) a certain action was completely performed.

The whole evening- All evening

The whole group- The whole group

The whole book- The whole book

For example, if we want to say that we performed a certain action every day of the week, we shoulduse " all the days" ("all days", plural). If we are talking about a whole week,then you need to use" the whole week" ("all week", singular).

We invited all the students from my group. - We invited all the students in my group.

We invited the whole group of students. - We invited the entire group of students.

All the departments were closed. - All departments of the store were closed.

The whole department was closed. - The entire store was closed.

Generally, " all" And " the whole" are interchangeable. Let's look at the following phrases as an example:

All the group- The whole group

The whole group- The whole group

Both options are correct, both can be used, but you should pay attention tolocation of the article " the"and remember that it always comes after the word " all" and before the word"the whole".

To make it easier to remember in which case it is better to use " the whole", Cantranslate the phrase into Russian. If an adjective can be applied to a word"whole" ("whole"), then it is better to use " the whole", otherwise - " all".

For example, the phrase " the whole world" can be translated as "the whole world", whereas " the wholesale people" cannot be used: "entire people" sounds wrong. So, with the word " world" you can use " the whole", and with the word " people"- you can't, you should use it" all".

You should remember the exceptions in which the word " all" is used without an article:

All day- All day

All night- All night

All week- All week

These words may also be accompanied by the word " long":

All day long- All day long

All night long- All night long

All week long- All week long

It is also worth remembering the following phrases:

All through the summer - All summer long

All and all- In general

As the whole- Taking into account all aspects as a whole

On the whole- All in all

A whole lot- Much (more)

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1. Put in all or wholesale:

• … my friends are fond of rock music.
• I have read the…play today.
• …the shops in this town are opened at 9 o’clock.
• Jack has been at school… day long.
• They ate the… box of sweets.
• It was raining the… day yesterday.
• …the group made mistakes in the test.

1. Translate the sentences into English:

• Tom spent all his money on a bicycle.
• It snowed all night.
• All the children went for a walk.
• Who ate all the cake?
• Katya is studying German language all free time.
• They spent the whole weekend at sea.

English words all, every And wholesale can be translated as “all, everything,” but they are used differently. Let's look at what the difference is.

All and everyone/everyone - everyone

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Typically, to indicate that we are talking about all people, we use everybody/everyone , not all:

• It was a good party. Everybody enjoyed it.
• When the fire alarm rank, everyone left the building immediately.

But if we clarify - all of us, all of them / all of us, all of them, - then it is used only all :all of us/you/them, we/you/they all

• We all did well in the examination. All of us passed.

All and everything

Both of these words are translated as “everything” and are sometimes used interchangeably. For example, in designs all I can, all you need:

• I’ll do everything I can to help him – I’ll do everything to help him.
• They will provide all you need - They will provide everything you need.

But if there are no qualifying words, it is usually used everything :

• Why are you so lazy? Why do you expect me to do everything for you? (not all for you) - Why are you so lazy? Why do you think that I will do everything for you?
• Nothing has changed. Everything is the same as it was. (not all is the same) - Nothing has changed. Everything remained the same.

All used in the expression ‘ all about’ – all about (something)

• Margaret told me all about her new job. It sounds quite interesting. Margaret told me all about her work. Sounds pretty interesting.

All also used to express "the only thing is..."

• All I’ve eaten today is a sandwich. — All I ate today was one sandwich.
• All I know about her is just her name. “The only thing I know about her is her name.”
• I didn't have much money with me. All I had was ten pounds. — I have some money with me. All I have is 10 pounds.

Please note that the words every/everybody/everyone/everything singular, so the singular verb agrees with them:

• Everybody wants to be his friend. “Everyone wants to be his friend.”

But instead of the 3rd person general pronoun, the plural form is used they/them/their:

• Everybody said they themselves enjoyed. “Everyone said they had a good time.”

All and whole - all

Whole– all in the meaning of “ whole, entirely" More often wholesale used with singular countable nouns:

• In summer I read the whole book “War and Peace” - In the summer I read the book “War and Peace” in its entirety.
• She has lived her whole life in this small town. – She has lived in a small town all her life.

In these examples you can use all , but the order of words in the phrase will be different. Compare:

the whole book / all the book her whole life / all her life

Only used with uncountable nouns all :

• He has spent all his pocket money on sweets. He spent all his pocket money on sweets.

Every/all/whole with the time words

Every – each – indicates the frequency of the action: every day/week/year, every ten minutes/every other day.

• I help my Mom every day. – I help my mother every day.
• Please call me every two hours. – Please call me (every) every 2 hours.
• His father sends him a check every four weeks. – His father sends him a check every 4 weeks.

To denote a period of time from beginning to end, they are used as all , so wholesale : all day / the whole day, all week / the whole week etc.

• He was doing his homework all evening / the whole evening. — He did his homework all evening.
• It rained all week / the whole week. -It rained for a whole week.

Please note that in phrases all day / all night / all week no article is used. Exception - all the time- always, constantly, all the time. But don't confuse it with every time- every time. Compare:

• They never go out. They are at home all the time. – They never leave the house. They are at home all the time
• Every time I go there, I get stressed. “Every time I go there, I get nervous.”