all or whole

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hi
What the difference with whole and all?
for example: I want you to tell … truth.(whole or all)
please explain it to me
thanks for your replies

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I want to tell you the whole truth.
I want to tell you all (of) the truth.
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It is ok now.Thanks Micawber :slight_smile:

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Whole means complete leaving out no information.
All means a quantity and as Mister Micawber said; with the preposition “of” it means the whole quantity of a particular truth = whole truth.