- Whole vs. entire - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
There are a few instances where the words are not synonyms These include the botanical entire, meaning a leaf without an indented edge, or in farming parlance entire meaning uncastrated In mathematics you could have a whole number, but not an entire one But if you ignore these special meanings they are more or less interchangeable, except as
- Use of the word entire - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Entire means whole, all parts of Now, the entire group (of boys) means the whole group (as opposed to a part of the group), whereas entire boys means whole boys (as opposed to parts of boys — arms, legs, heads) The entire car -> the whole car, tires, seats, engine, etc The entire group of cars -> the whole group, every single car in the group
- Meaning of the proverb: No man is an island entire of itself
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 "Quote", when you take a small part of a speech or text and use it to emphasize a point fact or convey a message, it is called a quote
- expressions - In its entirety vs in entirety - English Language . . .
Oxford Dictionary only lists "in its entirety", as does Cambridge (I checked for both US and UK English)
- Is Jack of all trades, master of none really just a part of a longer . . .
This post on 9GAG claims that the actual proverbs read: Curiosity killed the cat > Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back
- Whole - Plural Nouns - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Whole businesses means entire businesses, not just parts of businesses In the same way whole families would mean that every member of the family is included - mother, father and children Whole families is the opposite of part families i e those that only include some of the family members, but not all
- quotations - Meaning of: No man is an island, entire of itself . . .
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were
- Where does the period go when using parentheses?
Removing the entire parenthetical remark from the first sentence still leaves me with a valid structure, while removing it from the second leaves me lacking any terminal punctuation; thus the first is correct References: The Punctuation Guide; Study com; Grammar Girl
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