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Junkomama



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:50 pm    Post subject: the whole people Reply with quote
My dictionary says "whole" can't be used just before plurals, but when I googled "the whole people" got so many hits.
Is "the whole people" a gramaticaly correct expression?

Thank you in advance!
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buddhaheart



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Usually it�s �the whole person�. �Whole people� is probably just some name or title of some organization. You can have plural after �whole� as in �they�re whole (vs half) brothers.�
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Junkomama



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thank you for your answer, buddhaheart-san!!
When I mean "all (of the) people (not one person's　whole personality), is it OK to say the whole people?

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2006



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Junkomama wrote:
Thank you for your answer, buddhaheart-san!!
When I mean "all (of the) people (not one person's　whole personality), is it OK to say the whole people? No.
I am not familiar with people saying "whole brothers", but that doesn't mean nobody says it. I would say 'full brothers'. (as opposed to half brothers)Regards,
Junkomama
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Junkomama



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thank you so much for your comment, 2006-san!

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buddhaheart



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
2006 wrote:
Junkomama wrote:
Thank you for your answer, buddhaheart-san!!
When I mean "all (of the) people (not one person's　whole personality), is it OK to say the whole people? No.
I am not familiar with people saying "whole brothers", but that doesn't mean nobody says it. I would say 'full brothers'. (as opposed to half brothers)Regards,
Junkomama
After some digging, I�ve found similar examples in the American Heritage Dictionary
& the Gage Canadian Dictionary.
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