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My reason for being alive had disappeared.
My reason for living had disappeared.
When you mean ‘continue to be alive’, use the verb live: ‘Her grandmother lived to a great age.’
‘The baby was four months premature and was not expected to live.’
all
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He spent all the journey talking about accidents .
He spent the whole journey talking about accidents.
This decision changed all of her life.
This decision changed her whole life.
Before the singular form of a countable noun we usually use whole or entire: ‘We spent the whole
lesson singing songs.’ ‘The entire document will have to be rewritten.’ Note that sometimes both
all and whole/entire are possible: ‘It rained the whole/all the afternoon.’ In these cases,
whole/entire provides greater emphasis and often expresses a feeling of surprise, disappointment,
satisfaction etc: ‘I read the whole book in just two evenings.’
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People envy her because she is good at all.
People envy her because she is good at everything.
Nobody understands all.
Nobody understands everything.
Do not use all to mean ‘everything’ unless it is immediately followed by a relative clause: ‘Is that
all she wanted to know?’
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