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This document discusses the use of quantifiers to provide information about numbers and amounts. It explains that quantifiers can be used as determiners and with both count and uncount nouns. Some quantifiers like "both" and "either" are only used with count nouns while others like "much" and "a bit of" are only used with uncount nouns. It also discusses using quantifiers to talk about members of groups and provides examples of singular quantifiers like "every" and "each".

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Quantifiers 2

This document discusses the use of quantifiers to provide information about numbers and amounts. It explains that quantifiers can be used as determiners and with both count and uncount nouns. Some quantifiers like "both" and "either" are only used with count nouns while others like "much" and "a bit of" are only used with uncount nouns. It also discusses using quantifiers to talk about members of groups and provides examples of singular quantifiers like "every" and "each".

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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:

all any enough less a lot of lots of

more most no none of some

and some more colloquial forms:

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

Some quantifiers can be used only with count nouns:

both each either (a) few fewer neither several

and some more colloquial forms:

a couple of hundreds of thousands of etc.

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 and neither:
More than two
One supermarket Two supermarkets*
supermarkets

The supermarket was Both the supermarkets were All the supermarkets were
closed closed. closed
The supermarket wasn't Neither of the supermarkets None of the supermarkets
open was open. were open
I dont think the I dont think either of the I don't think any of the
supermarket was open. supermarkets was open. supermarkets were 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 flowers. = All the shops were decorated with 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 grandmothers every year.
When we stayed at my grandmothers 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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