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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
1
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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