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 Course 3 > Grammar > Part of Speeck > Determiners > Countable and Uncountable       │TextExercises
 
    1.many, much, (a) few, (a) little
   a. many, (a) few 只用于可数名词前,much, (a) little 只用于不可数名词前,如:
    many (a few, few) books
    much (a little, little) water

   b. many 和much 主要用在否定句和疑问句中,但它们前面加too 或so时就多用在肯定句中,如:
    We didn't spend much money.
    How many books do you have?
    You made too (so) many mistakes.

   c. a few (= several) 和a little (= some) 含肯定意义;
    few (= not many) 和little (= not much)含否定意义。

  2.英语中有不少由"a (two, three, …) + 单位词 + of "构成的短语,用来表示:
   a. 数量,如:
    a piece (bit) of paper (news)
    plenty (a lot, lots) of students (furniture)
    a great (good) deal of money
    a large (small) amount (quantity) of money
    a great (large, good) number of boys

   b. 容积、重量,如:
    a bag of rice a bottle of wine
    a bowl of soup a kilogram of sugar
    two spoonfuls of salt

   c. 形状,如:
    a ball of string a bar of chocolate
    a cake of soap a slice of bread (meat)
    two heads of cattle

   d. 成双成群,如:
    a pair of shoes a couple of people
    a flock of birds a swarm of bees
    a gang of thieves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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