2018-07-11 Grammar: quantifiers

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Quantifiers
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Quantifiers show the quantity of a noun (how much or how many)
Look at the chart on p. 358 - Do you understand all the words?
I have few friends here. = I am lonely.
I have a few friends here. = I’m not lonely, I’m fine. I have some friends.
I have little trouble with this grammar. = I don’t really have trouble. It’s pretty easy.
I have a little trouble with this grammar. = I have some trouble. I need help.
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p. 359 exercise 1 - Underline all the quantifiers in this passage, and circle the noun phrases they modify (if any).
1 many (people)
2 few spaces, a substantial number of Americans
3 not all the doctors practicing in the United States
4 quite a few (of the doctors practicing in the United States)
5 all physicians
6 Most doctors currently working in the United States
7 Every hospital in this country, a few recently graduated medical students, (each year)
8 many foreign medical schools
9 some popular hospitals, a great many applications, each available space
10 a number of hospitals in rural areas, a few (applications)
11 most (residencies), two years
12 A few (residencies), some (residencies)
13 Many doctors
14 No doctor, every area of medicine, some doctors, more than one specialty
15 Each area of medicine
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p. 360 exercise 3 - Replace the bold phrases with quantifiers from p. 358
1 Almost all medical students
2 Some students
3 a few scholarships
4 a lot of money / a great deal of money
5 Not many students / Few students
6 Some applicants
7 Most international students
8 Many students
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hardly any = almost no (hardly anyone = almost no one, hardly anything = almost nothing, hardly ever = almost never)
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p. 362 exercise 4 - Complete the sentences with “few”, “a few”, “little”, or “a little”.
1 few
2 a little
3 a few
4 little (not enough)
5 few
6 little
7 a few
8 little
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“almost no” is less than “few” or “little”, but it works the same way in sentences
“some” is more than “a few” or “a little”, but it works the same way in sentences
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Homework: p. 364 exercise 7 - Complete the sentences with true information. (Look at p. 363 Focus 3, about which quantifiers are singular or plural.)