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spend a whole day vs spend the whole day

Both "spend a whole day" and "spend the whole day" are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. "Spend a whole day" is more general and can refer to any day, while "spend the whole day" is more specific and refers to a particular day that has already been mentioned or is understood in the context.

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spend a whole day

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when referring to spending an entire day without specifying which day it is. It is a general statement.

Examples:

I want to spend a whole day at the beach.
Let's spend a whole day exploring the city.

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You don't hear Jeffrey grumbling, and, he had to spend a whole day with walking dead.
I'm lucky to have a friend who would spend a whole day being so mean to me.
She can spend a whole day without speaking.
You don't hear Jeffrey grumbling, and, he had to spend a whole day with walking dead.
Sometimes you have to spend a whole day looking.
We can spend a whole day doing things we've never done before.
Well, I can't afford to spend a whole day lobbying on the hill.
Well, I can't afford to spend a whole day lobbying on the Hill.
Spend an afternoon, spend a whole day, talk to anybody you want.
You expect us to spend a whole day packing up your mom's house?
And the best part is you get to spend a whole day with just mommy!
And he'll spend a whole day trying to find the problem and another day trying to fix it.
Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to spend a whole day in grocery-store jail for whatever it is that we did wrong, but we think you're crazy for having us write an essay telling who we think we are.

Alternatives:

spend an entire day
spend the entire day
spend all day
dedicate a whole day
devote a whole day

spend the whole day

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when referring to spending the entire duration of a specific day that has been mentioned or is understood in the context.

Examples:

Let's spend the whole day at the park.
We spent the whole day cleaning the house.

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We can spend the whole day looking.
Can't spend the whole day propped on an ice pack.
I didn't want to spend the whole day sitting in the restroom.
So we had to spend the whole day reading.
So we had to spend the whole day reading.
But then I would have had to spend the whole day with you.
I don't want to spend the whole day playing a board game.
Please tell me that we don't have to spend the whole day with Karen and Freddy.
I'm sorry you had to spend the whole day with us.
I don't get to spend the whole day with my favorite person.
No, I was thinking we could spend the whole day in bed.
So look, man, you had a chance to spend the whole day with me.
You spend the whole day on that elevator.
And then they spend the whole day feeling tense.
You spend the whole day playing.
We spend the whole day laughing.
You had to spend the whole day for this.
I don't spend the whole day on Facebook.
I just thought you'd spend the whole day hitting on the guy in the watch tower.
I can't control what I say to people. I spend the whole day talking.

Alternatives:

spend all day
spend the entire day
dedicate the whole day
devote the whole day
spend the entire day

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