martes, 2 de noviembre de 2010

Quantifiers

much or many
much: uncountable nouns (milk, marmalade, money, time etc.)
many: countable nouns (bottles of milk, jars of marmalade, dollars, minutes etc.)

Examples:
How much money have you got?
How many dollars have you got?


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a little or a few
a little: non countable nouns (milk, marmalade, money, time etc.)
a few: countable nouns (bottles of milk, jars of marmalade, dollars, minutes etc.)

Examples:
He has a little money left.
He has a few dollars left.


some: affirmative statements, offers, requests and in questions when you expect the answer "yes"

any: negative statements, questions

Have you got any bananas? No, we haven't got any. But we've got some oranges.

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