Question

0147 1 He spent all the journey talking about accidents. He spent [[all the]] journey talking about accidents. the whole 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.'

Accepted Answer

all ? He spent the whole journey talking about accidents. He spent [[the whole]] journey talking about accidents. all the | the whole

Idx	0147
Keyword	all
Sub Entry Number	1
Type of Sentence	?
Error Sentence	He spent all the journey talking about accidents.
Correct Sentence	He spent the whole journey talking about accidents.
Cloze Error Sentence	He spent [[all the]] journey talking about accidents.
Cloze Sentence	He spent [[the whole]] journey talking about accidents.
Cloze Answer	the whole
Choices	all the \| the 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.'

Spent Journey Talking Accidents Entire Whole/Entire Singular Form