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English Quantifiers
                     What are quantifiers?
    Quantifiers are words that are used to state quantity or
  amount of something without stating the actually number.
  Quantifiers answer the questions "How many?" and "How
                             much?"
   Quantifiers can be used with plural countable nouns and
                      uncountable nouns.
Quantifiers must agree with the noun. There are 3 main types
of quantifiers. Quantifiers that are used with countable nouns,
quantifiers that are used with uncountable nouns. and the 3rd
type are quantifiers that are used with either countable nouns
                     or uncountable nouns.
Countable Countable                    -
              Nouns     Nouns
much                       x       I don't have much money.


many            x          -       I don't have many apples.

                                   We know few people in the
few*            x          -       area. I would like to get to know
                                   more   .
a few**         x          -       We know a few people in the
                                   area. I know enough people to
                                   keep me happy.
                                   I know little English. I am going
little*          -         x       to have a problem getting
                                   around England.

                                   I know a little English, at least
a little**       -         x
                                   enough to get England.

enough          x          x       I have enough money.

plenty          x          x       I have plenty of money.
** a few/a little - means that there are not a lot ofsomething,
    but there is enough.
There are a few apples. There are enough apples.
There are a people at the meeting. There are
    enoughpeople to hold a meeting. There are not a lot
    people, at the meeting, but there are enough
I know a little English. He know enough English to manage.
I have a little money.
*few/little - means that is not enough of something.
There are few apples. There are not enough apples.
There are few people. There are not enough people at the
    meeting. We can't hold a meeting, because there are not
    enough people.
There is little money. We can't buy a lot of expensive food.
If things for the holiday. I don't have enough money, then
    we will stay home and have a great time.
They know little English. They can't get around very well.
    They don't know enough English to manage.

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English quantifiers

  • 1. English Quantifiers What are quantifiers? Quantifiers are words that are used to state quantity or amount of something without stating the actually number. Quantifiers answer the questions "How many?" and "How much?" Quantifiers can be used with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns. Quantifiers must agree with the noun. There are 3 main types of quantifiers. Quantifiers that are used with countable nouns, quantifiers that are used with uncountable nouns. and the 3rd type are quantifiers that are used with either countable nouns or uncountable nouns.
  • 2. Countable Countable - Nouns Nouns much x I don't have much money. many x - I don't have many apples. We know few people in the few* x - area. I would like to get to know more . a few** x - We know a few people in the area. I know enough people to keep me happy. I know little English. I am going little* - x to have a problem getting around England. I know a little English, at least a little** - x enough to get England. enough x x I have enough money. plenty x x I have plenty of money.
  • 3. ** a few/a little - means that there are not a lot ofsomething, but there is enough. There are a few apples. There are enough apples. There are a people at the meeting. There are enoughpeople to hold a meeting. There are not a lot people, at the meeting, but there are enough I know a little English. He know enough English to manage. I have a little money. *few/little - means that is not enough of something. There are few apples. There are not enough apples. There are few people. There are not enough people at the meeting. We can't hold a meeting, because there are not enough people. There is little money. We can't buy a lot of expensive food. If things for the holiday. I don't have enough money, then we will stay home and have a great time. They know little English. They can't get around very well. They don't know enough English to manage.