find a string in files

From: Gary Wessle <phddas@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 29 Oct 2006 07:42:27 +1100

Hi
$ grep -FHrn string /path/
will find occurrences of the string in files recursively, but will
also find "stringing" and "strings".
how can I limit it to only "string"

thanks
.

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