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 • Bruce finished the whole milk meant for all of us.  Preferably, 'all the' is used with non-count nouns. We use 'all the' and 'the whole' with singular nouns such as the examples below:   I spent the whole week at home.  I spent all the week at home.       Therefore the above sentence will be rewritten as:   Bruce finished all the milk meant for all of us. 

 • The guards didn’t permit us in.  The verbs permit and allow both mean to let somebody do something or to let something happen. Study the following examples below.  Our teacher permitted us to stay there till break time.  Our teacher allowed us to stay there till break time.     Both verbs can as well take direct and indirect objects as seen in the examples below.   Our parents permitted us visitors.  Our parents allowed us visitors.   These sentences can be interpreted as ‘Our parents permitted/allowed  us to welcome  visitors.’ Meanwhile, permit isn’t used with adverb particles. Therefore, the above sentence will be rewritten as:   The guards didn’t allow us in.  The guards didn’t let us in. 

 Chief Thomas has been for years the moneybag in our family.  The above sentence is marred by the use of moneybag, spelt without the letter ‘s'. The word moneybags means a very rich person. Therefore, when the sentence is rewritten, we have:  Chief Thomas has been for years the moneybags in our family. 

 • The beautiful lady was all smile when she heard that she was nominated for the award.  When we use ‘all’ as a determiner to mean consisting of only one type of something, then we use a plural count noun. Therefore, the above sentence will be rewritten as:   The beautiful lady was all smiles when she heard that she was nominated for the award. 

I congratulate you for the success you made in the just concluded election.  When we use the verb ‘congratulate', the preposition used with it is ‘on'.  Therefore, the above sentence will be rewritten as:  • I congratulate you on the success you made in the just concluded election.