2017-07-27 Grammar: quantifiers and collectives

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: exercises 4 (few/a few and little/a little) and 9 (with or without “of”)
1 few
2 a little
3 a few
4 little
5 few
6 little
7 a few
8 little
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“a few” and “a little” are grammatically similar to “some”
“few” and “little” are grammatically similar to “almost no” or “almost none” or “hardly any”
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exercise 9
1 All (if it’s general instructions to everyone taking an exam) / All of the (if it’s to a specific person that has some books on the desk)
2 Almost all
3 Most
4 much of
5 A great deal of
6 Some of
7 any of
8 little of
9 no
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no books / none of the books
NOT none books / no of the books
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Singular and Plural quantifiers (when used with count nouns)
all - always plural
each - always singular
every - always singular
both - always plural
either/neither - always singular as quantifiers
no - singular or plural (but “zero” is plural)
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p. 364 exercise 7 - Complete these sentences with true information.
1 Each student in this class is from a different country.
2 Every teacher I have had was a good teacher. (You’re all liars.)
3 Any English class is going to help you.
4 No student is absent today.
5 No teachers are in this school on Sunday.
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All of us can help you. = Everybody can help you together.
Some of us can help you. = A few of us can help you together.
One of us can help you. = One (and maybe only one) person here can help you.
Any of us can help you. = No matter which person you choose, that person can help you.
None of us can help you. = Zero people here can help you.
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If there are exactly two of us:
Both of us can help you.
One of us can help you.
Either of us can help you.
Neither of us can help you.
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p. 366 focus 5 - Explanations of some special rules for “much”, “no”/“none”, and “every”
How many students passed?
- All did.
- Every one did. / Everyone did. (NOT “every did”)
- Most did.
- Some did.
- A few did.
- None did. (We must use “none” if it’s a pronoun.)
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p. 367 - Collective nouns.
Do you know any other nouns for groups of people or animals?
a flock of birds or sheep
a herd of goats or cattle or buffalo
a pack of dogs or wolves
a swarm of bees or ants
a school of fish
a pride of lions
a murder of crows
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“It’s like herding cats.” = It’s very difficult to get this group of people to work together.