Verbal Ability - Quantifiers
A quantifier is a word or phrase which is used before a noun to indicate the amount or quantity. Quantifiers can be used with countable and uncountable nouns. Some examples of quantifiers (in bold) are −
There are some books on the desk
He's got only a few dollars.
How much money have you got?
There is a large quantity of fish in this river.
Quantifiers that are used with uncountable nouns
- much
- a little/little/very little
- a bit (of)
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- a great deal of
- a large amount of
- a large quantity of
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Quantifiers that are used with countable nouns
- many
- a few/few/very few
- a number (of)
- a majority of
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- several
- a large number of
- a great number of
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Quantifiers that can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns
- all
- enough
- more/most
- less/least
- lots of
- plenty of
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- no/none
- not any
- some
- any
- a lot of
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Important
- ‘Few’, ‘very few’ mean that there is not enough of something.
- ‘A few’ means that there is not a lot of something, but there is enough.
- ‘Little’, ‘very little’ mean that there is not enough of something.
- ‘A little’ means that there is not a lot of something, but there is enough.
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