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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is lesson 286. The title of today's lesson

  • is use a singular noun after an 'entire' or 'whole.

  • Use a plural noun after 'all.' Yeah. I definitely come across this one in

  • writing class. A lot of students of ESL you know, English as a second language. I

  • guess for some reason, they feel that 'entire' implies a plural because it's

  • entire. They think that means it's, it's more than one. So a lot of times, when

  • they say entire , they will follow it with a plural noun.

  • No. 'Entire' and 'whole' both should be followed by a singular noun, and we use

  • 'all' of course, then a plural noun follows 'all.' So let's take a look at some

  • examples here of where the student would usually make the mistake. All right. So of

  • course here with the X. This is wrong. The entire groups decided to cancel the

  • project. Of course your entire must follow a singular. So the entire group,

  • the whole group, the entire group decided to cancel the project. Yes. So you

  • definitely do not use a plural in this sense. All right. Let's look at the second

  • example. The whole teams were late. No. Of course not. If you say the whole with

  • the check here. This is correct. You have to say the whole team. Yeah, so again,

  • Remember entire and whole looks at you know one body or one group as a singular

  • thing. So the whole team was late. That would be correct. And then of course we

  • just have one example with 'all.' All the members of the team were late. So all

  • going with follows with members in the plural. Okay. I hope it's clear. I hope you

  • got it. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.

Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is lesson 286. The title of today's lesson

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英語導師Nick P課程(286)在整個或整個複數後使用單數名詞Afte All。 (English Tutor Nick P Lesson (286) Use Singular Noun After Entire or Whole Plural Afte All)

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