Grammar

Grammar

1. Quantity

   • How Much
     • How much is used with uncountable nouns. HOW MUCH + UNCOUNTABLE NOUN How much time do we have to finish the test? How much money did you spend?
   • How Many
     • How many is used when we want to know the QUANTITY of something. It is only used with plural countable nouns. HOW MANY + PLURAL NOUN How many days are there in January? How many people work in your company?
   • A few
   • A Litttle
     • A little and (a) few are quantifiers meaning ‘some’. Little and few have negative meanings. We use them to mean ‘not as much as may be expected or wished for’. We use a little with singular uncountable nouns. We use a few with plural countable nouns: Mary said nothing, but she drank some tea and ate a little bread. We stayed a few days in Florence and visited the museums.

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