Whole

Whole is a determiner. We use whole before nouns and after other determiners (my, the, a/an, their) to talk about quantity. We use it to describe the completeness of something:

I’ve wanted to be an actor my whole life.

Please can you check the whole document?

I thought the whole experience was very interesting.

We use the whole of when whole is followed by another determiner (my, her, this, the):

She had been in the same job for thewholeof her life. (or … for herwholelife.)

We often use the whole of with periods of time to emphasise duration:

At dawn, he would finally fall into bed and stay there the whole of the next day.

We also use whole as an adverb:

He took the cake and swallowed it whole.

See also:

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