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All and Whole

All the day against the whole day, and where the article sits.

Why you specifically

Người học tiếng Việt dễ bỏ quên hoặc đặt sai mạo từ the vì tiếng Việt không có mạo từ. Cũng dễ dùng all và whole như từ đồng nghĩa hoàn toàn mà không chú ý mẫu câu đi kèm.

The rule

All and whole both mean “complete,” but they are used in different patterns. All is common with time expressions like all day, all night, all year, and it usually comes directly before the time word without the article. Whole is common with singular nouns like the whole day, the whole book, the whole class, and the article the normally goes before whole. All can also be followed by of, especially before pronouns and specific determiner phrases: all of them, all of my friends, all of the students. Whole can also take of in more formal styles: the whole of the country.

all + time word: all day, all night, all week
the whole + singular noun: the whole day, the whole book
all of + pronoun/determiner phrase: all of them, all of my friends
the whole of + determiner + noun: the whole of the class

The trap

I stayed there the whole day.
I stayed there all day.
Use all + day/time word without the article when you mean the full length of the day. In this structure, the article is usually omitted.
I spent all day cleaning the house.
I spent the whole day cleaning the house.
Use the whole + singular noun when you mean the complete unit. Here the article comes before whole, not before day.
All the students passed the test.
All of the students passed the test.
All can be followed by of + determiner + noun, especially with pronouns or specific groups.
The whole class was late.
The whole of the class was late.
Whole can be followed by of + determiner + noun in more formal English.

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