"Whole" vs. "entire" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Jun 15, 2020 · I wonder if there is a difference between the words "whole" and "entire". For example, the following sentences: I spent my whole life waiting for …
Use of the word "entire" - English Language & Usage Stack …
Oct 6, 2014 · Why should I use the words "entire group of boys" instead of "entire boys". I know the first one is correct but can't explain why other than it sounds right. I need to explain why as …
quotations - Meaning of: "No man is an island, entire of itself ...
May 3, 2017 · No man is an Island, entire of itself From an excerpt by Francis Bacon (1561-1626). What does the line mean? Does it count as a proverb?
grammaticality - How to address an entire family in a letter?
Apr 4, 2022 · How should you start a letter when addressing an entire family? Dear The Jones Family, or Dear Jones Family, I was discussing this with my wife and I preferred the former …
Meaning of the proverb: "No man is an island entire of itself"
May 3, 2017 · Ok, first of all, "No man is an Island, entire on itself" is not a proverb!. It is a poem by John Donne, follow this link for the full poem. Secondly, what you are asking about is a …
the correct term for the killing of an entire species
Feb 18, 2018 · I wanted to supplement user282290's answer by noting some alternative forms that are also in use: specicide. In 2003, the New York Times published the opinion piece "A …
What part of speech is the word "entire" in "over the little garden ...
May 30, 2018 · the entire garden field There's nothing else entire could really be modifying here. The collision with little makes it awkward in its normal position (the entire, little garden field), …
Word for killing off or attempting to kill off an entire bloodline?
We have the word 'genocide' for killing off an entire race, and plenty of words for killing people based on how they are related to you (fratricide, filicide, et. al.), but looking over the "cide" …
What's a word used to describe someone that has spent their …
Academician comes to mind, but that's not exactly right, by definition. I'm looking for a word to describe the person that went from grade school to high school to undergrad school, to grad …
meaning - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
May 29, 2018 · the entire body of persons who constitute a community, tribe, nation, or other group by virtue of a common culture, history, religion, or the like Looking at the first definition, …