Verbal Ability - Quantifiers

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A quantifier is a word or phrase which is used before a noun to indicate the amount or quantity. Quantifiers can be used with countable and uncountable nouns. Some examples of quantifiers (in bold) are −

There are some books on the desk
He's got only a few dollars.
How much money have you got?
There is a large quantity of fish in this river.

Quantifiers that are used with uncountable nouns

much
a little/little/very little
a bit (of)

a great deal of
a large amount of
a large quantity of

Quantifiers that are used with countable nouns

many
a few/few/very few
a number (of)
a majority of

several
a large number of
a great number of

Quantifiers that can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns

all
enough
more/most
less/least
lots of
plenty of

no/none
not any
some
any
a lot of

Important

‘Few’, ‘very few’ mean that there is not enough of something.
‘A few’ means that there is not a lot of something, but there is enough.
‘Little’, ‘very little’ mean that there is not enough of something.
‘A little’ means that there is not a lot of something, but there is enough.

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