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    QUANTIFIERS

    We use quantifiers when we want to give someone information about the number of something: how
    much or how many.

    Sometimes we use a quantifier in the place of a determiner:

    Most children start school at the age of five.


    We ate some bread and butter.
    We saw lots of birds.

    We use these quantifiers with both count and uncount nouns:

    enoug
    all any less a lot of lots of
    h

    mor mos
    no none of some
    e t

    and some more colloquial forms:

    heaps loads
    plenty of a load of tons of etc.
    of of

    Some quantifiers can be used only with count nouns:

    eac eithe fewe neithe severa


    both (a) few
    h r r r l

    and some more colloquial forms:

    hundreds thousands
    a couple of etc.
    of of

    Some quantifiers can be used only with uncount nouns:


    a little (not) much a bit of

    And, particularly with abstract nouns such as time, money, trouble, etc:, we often use:

    a great deal of a good deal of

    Members of groups

    You can put a noun after a quantifier when you are talking about members of a group in general…

    Few snakes are dangerous.


    Both brothers work with their father.
    I never have enough money.

    …but if you are talking about a specific group of people or things, use of the … as well

    Few of the snakes are dangerous.


    All of the children live at home.
    He has spent all of his money.

    Note that, if we are talking about two people or things we use the
    quantifiers both, either andneither:

    One supermarket Two supermarkets* More than two supermarkets

    The supermarket was Both the supermarkets were


    All the supermarkets were closed
    closed closed.
    None of the supermarkets were
    The supermarket wasn't Neither of the supermarkets was
    open
    open open.
    I don't think any of the
    I don’t think the I don’t think either of the
    supermarkets were open
    supermarket was open. supermarkets was open.

    *Nouns with either and neither have a singular verb.

    Singular quantifiers:

    We use every or each with a singular noun to mean all:

    There was a party in every street. = There were parties in all the streets.
    Every shop was decorated with
    = All the shops were decorated with flowers.
    flowers.

    Each child was given a prize. = All the children were given a prize.

    There was a prize in each competition. = There were prizes in all the competitions.

    We often use every to talk about times like days, weeks and years:

    When we were children we had holidays at our grandmother’s every year.


    When we stayed at my grandmother’s house we went to the beach every day.
    We visit our daughter every Christmas.

    BUT: We do not use a determiner with every and each. We do not say:

    The every shop was decorated with flowers.


    The each child was given a prize.

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