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QUANTIFIERS: A Quantifier Is A Word or Phrase Which Is Used Before A Noun To

Quantifiers are words like "some", "many", and "a lot of" that indicate quantity and are used before nouns. They can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns. Different quantifiers like "much", "many", "a little", and "a few" have specific meanings and grammatical rules when used with countable or uncountable nouns. Other quantifiers like "any", "no", "none", "too many", "enough", and "all/every" also have distinct meanings and patterns of use. Subject-verb agreement must also be followed when using quantifiers before plural and singular nouns.

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QUANTIFIERS: A Quantifier Is A Word or Phrase Which Is Used Before A Noun To

Quantifiers are words like "some", "many", and "a lot of" that indicate quantity and are used before nouns. They can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns. Different quantifiers like "much", "many", "a little", and "a few" have specific meanings and grammatical rules when used with countable or uncountable nouns. Other quantifiers like "any", "no", "none", "too many", "enough", and "all/every" also have distinct meanings and patterns of use. Subject-verb agreement must also be followed when using quantifiers before plural and singular nouns.

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QUANTIFIERS: A quantifier is a word or phrase which is used before a noun to

indicate the amount or quantity: 'some', 'many', 'a lot of' and 'a few' are examples of
quantifiers.
Quantifiers can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns.

Examples:
There are some books on the desk
He's got only a few dollars.
How much money have you got?
There is a large quantity of fish in this river.
He's got more friends than his sister.

Much → Uncountable
Negative: There isn’t much time left
Questions: How much pocket money do you get every week?
Affirmative-formal (a lot/lots of ) A lot of money
Lots of patience
Many→ Countable
Negative: There aren’t many students in class.
Questions: How many people do you know?
Affirmative-formal (a lot /lots of) A lot of tourists
Lots of times
Subject concordance: There are lots of people
There are a lot of people

A little + Uncountable: Do you want some ice-cream? Just a little


Little - Uncountable: Hurry up , we have very little time.

A few + Countable: I have a few close friends


Few - Countable: The town has few cinemas

Plenty : in affirmative sentences as much as we need or more e.g: Don’t run we have
plenty of time

Any : for zero quantity with a negative verb There aren’t any lions in the park
No: for zero quantity with a positive verb There are no lions in the park.
None: for zero quantity, without a noun Are there any oranges? No, none
+of +noun/pronoun with a positive verb None of the students came to class.

Too much: uncountable, there’s too much traffic.


Too many: countable, There are too many tourists.
Too + adj: I don’t like this city. It’s too big.

Enough: before a noun: There aren’t enough parks


after an adjective: The buses aren’t frequent enough.

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All/every (+ body, etc.)

All men like cars. Plural


All cheese is made from milk. Uncountable
All (of) the people in my office are married. Specific
Every student who finishes the course gets a certificate.
All is ok. Everything is ok.
All I want is money. (Todo lo que…)
I go to class every Tuesday. Every + sing noun to say all of a group.
Every day: Monday, Tuesday… All day: from the morning to the night.
Has everybody finished? Everybody/ everyone/everything/everywhere +sing verb to
say all people, things or places.
Everything was incredibly expensive.

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