How to use the words all and the whole correctly.
All
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We use all (of) to express the total number or amount of something.
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all (of) my friends, all (of) the time
All (of) my friends visited me in the hospital. | |
We usually use all (of) with uncountable nouns.
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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.
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all of them, all of it
Have you invited all of them? | |
All is usually placed after the personal pronounwe, they, them, us.
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we all, they all
We all enjoyed the concert. | |
The whole
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We usually use the whole (of) with singular countable nouns.
The can be replaced by a possessive pronounour, my, etc. |
the whole meeting, my whole life
She lived in the same house her whole life. | |
All or the whole
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All or the whole can be used with time expressions.
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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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