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Decision Changed Life Entire Whole/Entire Singular Form Countable

Idx 0148
Keyword all
Sub Entry Number 1
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence This decision changed all of her life.
Correct Sentence This decision changed her whole life.
Cloze Error Sentence This decision changed [[all of her]] life.
Cloze Sentence This decision changed [[her whole]] life.
Cloze Answer her whole
Choices all of her | her whole
Explanation

Before the singular form of a countable noun we usually use whole or entire: 'We spent the whole lesson singing songs.' 'The entire document will have to be rewritten.' Note that sometimes both all and whole/entire are possible: 'It rained the whole/all the afternoon.' In these cases, whole/entire provides greater emphasis and often express a feeling of surprise, disappointment, satisfaction etc: 'I read the whole book in just two evenings.'

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