2021-03-22
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด W – wheat & whole wheat
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง wheat = ‘WEET’ or ‘HWEET’
ออกเสียง whole = ‘HOWL’
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree
Whole = a single entity comprised of
a collection of parts;
= including all of an entity:
This requires your whole attention.
Not to be confused with:
hole=– an opening in something
oran unoccupied space;
= a playing period in golf:
We only had time to play nine holes.;
= a lack or a fault:
Your reasoning is full of holes.
Dictionary.com
SYNONYM STUDY FOR WHOLE
Whole& total
mean the entireor complete sum or amount.
The whole is all there is; every part, member, aspect;
= the complete sum, amount, quantity of anything,
= not divided; the entirety:
the whole of one's property, family.
Total also means whole, complete amount, or number,
= but conveys the idea of something added together or added up:
The total of their gains amounted to millions.
Collins COBUILD English Usage
whole
1. 'the whole of' and 'whole'
When you talk about the whole of something,
you mean all of it.
We were there for the whole of July.
I felt pain throughout the whole of my body.
Instead ofusing the whole of in front of a noun phrase
beginningwith the,
you can simply use whole after the.
For example,
instead of saying 'The whole of the house was on fire',
you can say 'The whole house was on fire'.
I spent the whole day in the library.
They're the best team in the whole world.
You can use whole in a similar way after this, that, ora possessive.
I just want to say how sorry I am about this whole business.
I've never seen anything like this in my whole life.
You use whole after a
to emphasizethat you mean all of something of a particular kind.
We worked on the project for a whole year.
I drank a whole pot of coffee, and I still felt tired
You can also use whole like this
in front of the plural form of a noun.
There were whole paragraphs in the article that I didn't understand.
Be Careful!
In front of plurals, whole does not have the same meaning as all.
If you say 'All the buildings have been destroyed',
you mean that every building has been destroyed.
If you say 'Whole buildings have been destroyed',
you mean that some buildings have been destroyed completely.
2. 'as a whole'
You use as a whole after a noun
to emphasizethat you are talking about all of something
and regardingit as a single unit.
Is this true just of some classes, or of the school as a whole?
In the country as a whole, average house prices went up by 19%.
3. 'on the whole'
You add on the whole
to a statement to show that what you are saying is true
in general but may not be true in every case.
I didn't enjoy the food because on the whole I don't really like fish.
On the whole it's not a good idea to ask him questions.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choose the Right Synonym for whole
Adjective
PERFECT, WHOLE, ENTIRE, INTACT
mean not lackingor faulty in any particular.
PERFECT implies the soundness and the excellence
of every part, element, or quality of a thing
frequently as an unattainableor theoretical state.
a perfect set of teeth
WHOLE suggests a completeness or perfection
that can be sought, gained, or regained.
felt like a whole person again after vacation
ENTIRE implies perfection deriving from integrity, soundness, or completeness of a thing.
the entire Beethoven corpus
INTACT implies retention of perfection of a thing in its naturalor original state.
the boat survived the storm intact
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Whole milk
distinguished fromskim milk, 2% milk, etc.
From nonfatthrough whole milk products,
there's a wide choiceof nutritious dairy foods to fit every diet,
even fat-modified diets.
— advertisement, Journal of the American Medical Association, 17 Feb. 1989
Common Errors In English Usage Dictionary
Wheat/Whole Wheat
Waiters routinely ask "Wheat or white?"
when bread is ordered,
but the white breadis also made of wheat.
The correct termis "whole wheat,"
in which the whole grain,
including the bran and germ,
has been usedto make the flour.
"Whole wheat" does not necessarily
imply that no white flour has been used in the bread;
most whole wheat breads incorporate some white flour.
