-- When expressing quantity we need to pay attention to whether it is a countable or uncountable noun.
- countable nouns
a- They are the names of separate objects, people ... which we can count.
They have both singular and plural forms:
a/one book two books
a/one man two men
b- They take singular or plural verb forms
This banana is delicious.
These bananas are delicious.
- Uncountable nouns
a- They are the names of things we do not see as separate and
Which we cannot count. They have no plurals:
milk weather money
b- They take only singular verbs:
The weather was very hot.
Milk is good for you.
c- Notused with a/an/one...
Below you have a list of some Quantifiers.
Some are used with countable nouns,
others with uncountable ones.
Some can even be used with both.
Countables(apple/apples) Uncountables(cheese)
a lot of(lots of)/ plenty of
a(n) / some / (a) few / not many some / (a) little / not much
not any, no
= Some
- for Affirmatives
- for Offers and Requests
- for QUestions where the answer 'yes' is expected:
= any
- for Negatives
- or in Open Questions
= much/many/a lot of
- much/many are use in Negatives
- or in interrogatives
- a lot of is used in Affirmatives
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