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Wikipage of Group 5 - Quantifiers

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Short description of the topic

Quantifiers are words that precede and modify nouns; they indicate quantity.

There are different types of quantifiers which can be divided in quantifiers for count nouns and non-count nouns.

Comment

Count-nouns are regarded as individual, countable items: e.g. tree

Non-count nouns are not countable, things that we regard as 'undifferentiated mass': e.g. dancing, the water we spilled on the floor, one big mess

Nouns that can be either count or non-count nouns: e.g. paper, stone, and cake For instance, I can enter a bakery and say 'I want a cake' (an individual bakery product), or, before we enter, I can tell a friend that 'I want cake' and not refer to a specific cake but simply mean that the idea of eating cake appeals to me — any cake or piece of cake with chocolate frosting...

Examples

Quantifier expressions

some
both
all
everything
nothing
at least five
most
all but one
less than half of the
three books
more...than
John and Mary
only John

Quantifiers that work with count nouns:

many / a few / several / a couple of / none of the trees

Quantifiers that work with non-count nouns:

not much / a little / a bit of / no dancing

Quantifiers that work with both count and non-count nouns:

all of the / some/ most of the / enough / a lot of trees / lots of / plenty of / a lack of trees/dancing

Excercises

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