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Expressions of Quantity
1.
Drterminers + Singurar Noun
each, every, either, neither, many
a
Every man goes there.
Many a student was absent
yesterday.
Many a student = Many
students
2.
Determiners + Plura Noun
many, several, a few, few, fewer, fewest,
quite a few, a number of, large number of, a great number
of
He sells many books.
Jonh has several books at
home.
Quite a few students were absent
yesterday.
A number of accidents have
occurred.
A (great or largre or good) number of
students are allowed to go home.
3.
Diterminers + Mass Noun (Uncountable Noun)
much, a little, little, less, least, quite
a little, a good deal of, a great deal of, a great quantity of, a
large quantity of, a large amount of
This glass doesn't hold much water, it
only holds a little.
Nack spent a (great or good) quantity of
sugar.
We need a (great or large) quantity of
sugar.
Her father has a large amount of
money.
4.
Determiners + Plural Count Noun (or mass noun )
some, any, a lot of, lots of, plenty of,
more, most, all
Jonh has a lot of friends.
Jonh has a lot of
free time.
Jonh a has lots of friends.
Jonh has lots of
free time.
There are plenty of trees in the
gardent.
We have plenty of time.
More students are needed to do this
work.
More many is needed to do this
work.
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much +
uncontable noun
a good deal
of
a great
deal of
a large
(great) quantitty of
a large
amount of
a lot of,
lots of
plentty
of
quite a
little |
many + plural
count noun
a good
many
a great
many
a large
number of
a good
(great) number of
a lot of,
lots of
plenty
of
quite a
few |
a number of / the
number of
a number of = จำนวนหนึ่งของ
the number of = จำนวนของ
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A number of + plural count. noun + plural
verb
The number of + plural count. noun + singular
verb |
A number of accidents have
occurred.
The number of books in the library is
increasing.
Most
Most boys like playing football.
Most modern music is difficult to
understand.
He
drank most of his milk.
He
has visite most (of the) countries in Europe.
Most of the children in this town walk to
school.
Most of this time is spent
traveling.
A
few people were killed in the fire, but most were
saved.
Most of us feel the same about the
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Noun Determiners