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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - Notes from all classes
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- Quantifiers
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- - tell you the quantity (how much or how many) of a noun
- - Like articles and demonstratives, these are determiners, which go before any adjectives or adverbs in a noun phrase.
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- How much chicken is there? - noncount, about the meat, the answer might be in grams or kilos
- How many chickens are there? - count, about whole chickens (alive or dead)
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- p. 359 exercise 1 - Underline the quantifiers and circle the noun phrases they modify.
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- p. 361 - Affirmative and Negative Quantifiers
- What’s the difference?
- I have a few friends and a little money. = I have some friends and some money. I’m content.
- I have few friends and little money. = I’m lonely and poor. I’m unhappy.
- I had a little trouble finding this place. = I had some problems. It was somewhat difficult.
- I had little trouble finding this place. = I had almost no problems. It was pretty easy.
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- many > several > some > a few > a couple ≈ 2
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- Homework: p. 362 exercise 4 - Complete these sentences with affirmative or negative quantifiers.
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