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Quantifiers:

Use quantifiers to describe the quantity of something.

We use different quantifiers with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns.

To talk about things in general use quantifier + noun.

Many  people prefer  football.

To talk about something specific use quantifier + of + the/ my / our / these, etc. + noun.

Some of the people in the survey prefer golf.

little / few / a little / a few

Little and few have a negative meaning similar to ´not much / not many / almost none´.

There´s   little food in the house. We´ll have to do some shopping.

But ‘a little’ and ‘a few’ have a positive meaning similar to ´a small quantity / some´.

There´s a little food in the fridge if you´re hungry.

some / any

We usually use some in positive statements and any in questions and negatives.

We are playing some games next month but there aren´t any at the weekend.

Learn the quantifiers

none   almost none   hardly any     little  few   several   some  much      lot of  many   far too much   all