RECAPITULATION
Affirmative
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Negative
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Interrogative
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Neutral
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some, several, a number of, enough
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any, enough
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any, enough
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Large quantity
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numerous, plenty of, a lot of, lots of, too many
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much, many, too many
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much, many, too many
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Small quantity
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few / a few, Little / a little
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4.1:
QUANTIFIERS WITH OF
Much of, many of, few of, a
little of, plenty of, lots of, some of, a number of, none of, several of.
When followed by of, some of
these quantifiers MUST be followed by an article or other determiner; for
others there is a choice (article or no article).
The rule....
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... applies to
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MUST be
followed by an article or other determiner.
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all of
each of
some of
many of
much of
(a) few of
(a) little of
none of
several of
enough of,
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MAY or MAY NOT
be followed by an article or other determiner.
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plenty of
a lot of
lots of
a number of
a couple of
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For
example:
Correct: Some of the people are right
some of the time, but all of the people cannot be right all of the time.
Incorrect: Some of people are right some of time, but all of people cannot be right all of time.
Incorrect: Some of people are right some of time, but all of people cannot be right all of time.
Plenty of supporters came to
the match. (correct)
Plenty of the supporters came to the match. (correct)
Several of the players were sent off. (correct)
Several players were sent off. (correct)
Plenty of the supporters came to the match. (correct)
Several of the players were sent off. (correct)
Several players were sent off. (correct)
Several of players were sent
off. (incorrect)
A couple of players were sent off. (incorrect)
A couple of the players were sent off. (correct)
I'd like a few of these apples, please. (correct)
I'd like a few of your apples, please. (correct)
I'd like a few of apples, please. (incorrect)
A couple of players were sent off. (incorrect)
A couple of the players were sent off. (correct)
I'd like a few of these apples, please. (correct)
I'd like a few of your apples, please. (correct)
I'd like a few of apples, please. (incorrect)
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