Zusammenfassung der Ressource
QUANTIFIERS
- MANY
- Is used most
often in negative and
interrogative sentences with
countable nouns in plural
- MUCH
- use “much” only with
uncountable nouns.
“Much” can also be
used in affirmative
sentences, although it
is more formal and not
very common.
- SOME
- is used with both uncountable
nouns as well as countable nouns in
plural. It is used in affirmative
sentences and occasionally with
interrogative sentences (to affirm
something)
- ANY
- is used in the same
contexts as “some”,
but only in negative
and interrogative
sentences.
- LITTLE/A LITTLE
- used only with
uncountable nouns. Use
of “a little” implies a
positive opinion of the
quantity, while the use of
“little” reflects a negative
attitude.
- A LOT OF / LOTS OF
- can be used with both
countable and
uncountable nouns. As
opposed to “much” or
“many”, “a lot” is not
generally used in
interrogative sentences.
- FEW/A FEW
- used with countable
nouns. As we saw above,
the use of one over the
other reflects an opinion
about the quantity. “Few”
reflects a negative opinion,
while “a few” a positive
one.
- NO, NONE
- As opposed to “no”,
“none” can be used
without a noun
(countable or
uncountable)