Which or That are English words that are often confused. Difference between ALL and THE WHOLE Difference between all and whole

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

"All" stands for "all things" (plural) and indicates that severalobjects have been merged. Speaking of all, we generalize several subjects.

All the students- All the students

All the people- All people

All the countries- All countries

"The whole" is translated as "whole" / "all" or "whole", meaning that over one object(V singular) some action has been completed.

The whole evening- All evening

The whole group- Whole group

The whole book- Whole book

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

All the group- Whole group

The whole group- 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 when 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", while " the whole people" cannot be used: "whole people" sounds wrong. So, with the word " world" can be used " the whole", but with the word " people"- you can not, you should use" 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- Whole week

Also, these words can 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 through the summer

All and all- Overall

As the whole- Taking into account all aspects in general

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

Agree that you have heard a common mistake from others more than once: "All went to the class". Or perhaps you yourself have often been corrected in such cases. Many students English language, even after months or even years of training, it's puzzling that it says "Everyone/ everybody went to the class" rather than "All went to the class" correctly.

Indeed, where is the logic? "Everyone went to the lesson": everything is all even in the dictionary it says so. So it's correct to say "All went to the class". Unfortunately, not all of us know how to use dictionaries correctly in the process of learning a language. So in our case, it is worth remembering that even before the meaning of the word in the dictionary, the part of speech is indicated. Here after all worth - adjective. And this means that this word answers the question "what?", and not "who?". In our sentence, “everyone” answers the question “who?” That is, it is a noun, not an adjective.

With such a small linguistic study, we want to tell you that:

Maybe the words all, every, wholesale and are similar in meaning (they are translated into Russian as “all, everything, etc.”), but in terms of grammar and compatibility with other words, they are still different. Of the signs of similarity, they only have the fact that all these words are adjectives, that is, they must be followed by a noun. But they have much more differences.

ABOUT all And every we have already mentioned in the conversation about. In this lesson, we will also give comparative characteristic the specified words.

Table. The use of all, every, whole

Parameters for comparison	ALL	EVERY	WHOLE
With what nouns is it used?	With countable in the plural in the meaning of "all" and uncountable in the meaning of "everything, all, all." All the students went to the class. The children at all the sugar.	With countable in the singular in the meaning of "each". Every student went to the class.	With countable in the singular in the meaning of "all". Have you eaten the whole cake?
Where are the articles placed? possessive pronouns and numerals?	Between all and noun. The teacher gave bad marks to all twenty students. (a/an) is not used with all, because a/an placed only before countable nouns in the singular (see previous row)	Every is put instead, since it is also such: you cannot put articles, possessive pronouns and numerals next to it.	Before wholesale. We were reading the whole evening. My whole family will come to the wedding.
Time expressions	ALL DAY/ NIGHT/ WEEK LONG All shows how long something lasts. Don't forget to put long!	EVERY DAY/ MONTH/ WEEK TEN MINUTES Every expresses how often, how often something happens	THE WHOLE DAY/ NIGHT/ WEEK Whole shows how long something lasts, that is, completely duplicates the use all with time.

As you can see, these three words are not so identical. They are not only combined with different words, but also shades of meaning, and in some cases, the translation is different!

Don't know what word to write: which or that? Today we will analyze this pair of words and other words that are often confused. Mistakes in their use are made not only by beginners, but also by advanced students.

Which VS That

Now let's move on to the question: when to use which, and when - that. Both words are used to connect complex sentences. The difference between them is small, but it is. And if you do not know the difference between which and that, then you can be misunderstood.

In addition, in most cases, we can miss that (that is, use a sentence without this word), but which cannot be missed.

Let's look at two suggestions:

The house that my mother bought last year has gone up in value.

The house which my mother bought last year has gone up in value.

Both sentences can be translated as:

Which we will use when the information that is given after it is extremely necessary.

For example, my mother owns several houses, and we want to clarify which of these houses has increased in price.

That will be used when the information after this word is not so important.

Also, we can choose not to use that at all, just saying: The house my mother bought last year….

For example, these two sentences about the house can be more accurately translated as follows to feel the difference:

— The house that my mother bought last year has gone up in value.

The house my mom bought last year has gone up in value.

— The house which my mother bought last year has gone up in value.

That house my mom bought last year went up in value.

All VS Whole

These words tend to be used in the same context. They mean "all" / "whole" / all. Despite the same meaning of these words, there are several nuances of their use. Let's look at this with an illustrative example that will help you quickly remember the difference.

For example, we have a sentence that needs to be translated into English: "I ate the whole cake."

We can translate this in two ways:

1. I ate all of the cake.
2. I ate the whole cake.

The meaning of what is said in both sentences remains the same. Only the place of the article has changed and a preposition has been added in the first sentence. Therefore, we remember:

All we use with "all of the".

Before whole, we put the article the or a, according to the rules for using articles.

Often we will use all with non-countable items, and whole with countable ones.

Here are some examples of usage:

— All of the money was transferred on time. — All money was transferred on time.

— I have drunk all of the milk. — I drank all the milk.

— He has read the whole book. — He read the whole book.

— I will by a whole box of sweets. I will buy a whole box of chocolates.

The very construction of all of the shows that we are talking about everything from what: all the money (of those that were); all milk (from box). A whole points to one whole, to the integrity of the subject.

Continuous VS Continuous

This pair of words is not used as often as the previous two, however, the difference between them needs to be known, since it is significant.

These words are confused due to the fact that they are translated into Russian in the same way - continuous, constant. However, in English they have different meanings.

Continual is an adjective that refers to an action that is repeated regularly over a long period of time. That is, when something happens periodically.

For example, my arm hurts, and if I go to the doctor and say:

I have continual pain in my arm.

This would mean "my arm hurts from time to time." That is, the pain can appear every day, last for several hours, and then pass.

Continuous is an adjective used to describe continuous action.

If I tell the doctor:

I have continuous pain in my arm.

This will mean that the pain both began and did not stop, the arm hurts all the time.

Now you know for sure: which or that. Remember the difference between these pairs of words that are often confused. Try to make your own sentences in which this difference will be visible, and then you will learn it very quickly.

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", but they are used in different ways. Let's look at the difference. All and everybody/everyone As a general rule, everybody/everyone is used to indicate that everyone is talking about, not all: It was a good party. Everybody enjoyed it. When the fire alarm rank, everyone left the building immediately. But if we specify - all of us, all of them / we are all, they are 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 - everything Both of these words are translated as "everything" and sometimes they are interchangeable. 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 clarifying 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 as it was. All is used in the expression ‘all about’ – everything 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 is also used to express "the only thing..." 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. Note that the words every/everybody/everyone/everything are singular, so the singular verb agrees with them: Everybody wants to be his friend. Everyone wants to be his friend. But instead of the pronoun 3rd person of the general gender, the form is used plural they/them/their: Everybody said they enjoyed themselves. Everyone said they had a good time. All and whole - the whole Whole - all in the meaning of "whole, whole." 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 word order in the phrase will be different. Compare: the whole book / all the book her whole life / all her life Only all is used with uncountable nouns: 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, 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 was doing homework all evening. It expected all week / the whole week. - It has been raining all week. Please note that in the phrases all day / all night / all week the article is not put. Exception - all the time - always, constantly, all the time. But do not confuse 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.