Elegir el cuantificador adecuado
Para responder a la pregunta How much? y How many? algunos cuantificadores pueden ser utilizados con nombres enumerables (amigos, personas), otros con nombres inenumerables (azúcar, té, dinero) y otros con todo tipo de nombres.
| Only with uncountable nouns | With all types of nouns | Only with countable nouns |
|---|---|---|
| a little | no, none, not any | a few |
| a bit of | some | a number of |
| any | several | |
| a great deal of | a lot of, lots of | a great number of |
| a large amount of | plenty of | a large number of |
Ejemplos
- Would you like some tea and a few cookies?
- I always put a little milk and some carrots in my soup.
- He has several apples. I don't have any fruit at all.
- She has plenty of clothes for the winter.
- I recieved a large amount of feedback from my survey.
Usar "Much" y "Many"
Much y many son utilizados a menudo en frases interrogativas y negativas. También se usan en frases afirmativas y negativas combinados con too y so. Nota : la palabra many puede usarse sóla en frases afirmativas mientras la palabra much no. Much se coloca en frases afirmativas con lot of o lots of (esas expresiones pueden también usarse con many).
| Nombres inenumerables | Nombres enumerables |
|---|---|
| How much sugar do you have? | How many people came to the concert? |
| There's not much sugar at the store. | Not many people came to the concert. |
| I have too much sugar at home. | There were too many people at the concert. |
| I don't know what to do with so much sugar. | It's a problem when there are so many people. |
| I wish there was not so much sugar here. | There were not so many people last year. |
| There is a lot of sugar in candy. | There are many people who want to come. = There are a lot of people who want to come. |