Quantifiers In English Grammar
What are 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.
Examples of quantifiers
With Uncountable Nouns
- much
- a little/little/very little *
- a bit (of)
- a great deal of
- a large amount of
- a large quantity of
With Both
- all
- enough
- more/most
- less/least
- no/none
- not any
- some
- any
- a lot of
- lots of
- plenty of
With Countable Nouns
- many
- a few/few/very few **
- a number (of)
- several
- a large number of
- a great number of
- a majority of
* NOTE
little, very little mean that there is not enough of something.
a little means that there is not a lot of something, but there is enough.
** NOTE
few, very few mean that there is not enough of something.
a few means that there is not a lot of something, but there is enough.
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