數量描述 Expressing quantity

數量描述會涉及多種文法，包含可數不可數名詞，代名詞，數量形容詞，線定詞等，利用這次機會搞清楚他們的關係。

形容詞

可數的

a few 一些

He has a few books.

few 極少數，幾乎沒有

He has few books.

(= He has hardly any books.)

many 很多

There are many apples on the table.

several 幾個

He knows several lannguages.

a couple of 兩個，一些

The festival lasts a couple of days.

不可數的

a little 少量，一些

There is a little hope.

little 幾乎沒有

I have little money.

much 許多

Have you much money?

a bit of 一點

Let’s have a bit of hush.

an amount of 一些

He spends an amount of money.

a great deal of 非常多

He has a great deal of (= very much) money.

都可以的

a lot of 很多

Mr. Brown has a lot of money.

A lot of people were killed.

注意：

1. 不要說 "lot of" 或 "a lots of"
2. a lot of 不能接 years 和 days，請接 a lot of time

lots of 很多

I eat lots of vegetables.

enough 足夠的

There is enough water.

I have enough books.

There are enough people.

plenty of 很多，大量

There was always plenty of boiled water in the bottle.

I have plenty of humorous tales

hardly any 幾乎沒有

There was hardly any (= very little ) traffic.