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Hi! I'm Georgina from BBC Learning English.
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Do you ever wonder about the difference between
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'all', 'every' and 'whole'? They all have similar
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meanings, but are used in different ways.
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'All' means ‘the whole amount of something’.
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One hundred per cent. It is often followed
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by uncountable nouns or plural nouns.
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'He ate all the sugar!' 'All children love sweets'.
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'Every' has a similar meaning to 'all'. It means
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‘each one without exception’.
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'I go to the gym every day.'
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'Whole' means ‘the complete amount of something’
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and is followed by uncountable nouns or singular
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nouns. 'I ate the whole cake'.
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'The whole airport is closed'.
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Bye for now.
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