all/whole
all用来修饰由同部分组成的集合体时,all所强调的是构成整体的各个部分,而whole侧重于把事物看成一个整体.试比较：
all the city与the whole city
all my life与my whole life
all the staff与the whole staff
由于all与whole在词义上的这种差别,所以下列可数名词只能跟whole搭配：
the whole life/plan/system/scheme/situation/truth/distance
这就是说the whole situation是一个固定搭配.而下列可数名词则常常跟all搭配：
all day/week/month/year/spring/winter/way
还有一种说法,all虽可与可数名词单数连用,但all出现在单数可数名词之前显得有些正式,因而它常常被whole所代替,例如：
His action was condemned by all the civilized world.---His action was condemned by the whole civilized world.
all和whole在名词短语中的位置是不同的,all必须放在定冠词the或物主代词(his,my)之前,而whole必须放在定冠词或物主代词之后,紧放在所修饰的名词这前：
1.I waited all the week for him to answer.
I waited the whole week for him to answer.
2.He has worked hard all his life.
He has worked hard his whole life.