Quantifiers : Much , Many , a lot of , Lots of
There are many peaple in the square.
I don’t have much money with me.
I have got a lot of presents in m birthday.
I’m very busy , i cant fix your laptop now because it’ll take lots of time.
- Much and many are used to express quantities and amounts.
- Much is mainly used with uncountable nouns. Many is used with plural nouns especially in negative sentences.
I don’t think he has many copies left.
There is too much noise in the street.
- Much and Many are mostly used with negative and interrogative sentences. They can be also preceded by So and Too
- A lot of and lots of are used with all types of sentences ,especially affirmative sentences.
- There are other expressions to express quantities and amounts::
Plenty of is used the same as a lot of and lots of.
e.g. I have plenty of time left.
With Uncountable: a good deal of , a great amount of.
e.g. He spent a good deal of money.
we can store a geat amount of information in that PC.
With Countable: a large number of.
e.g. a large number of animls died due to fire. |