Quantifiers are words used before nouns to indicate quantity. These words are:
Only used with plural nouns:
Both, a couple of, dozens of, hundreds of, a number of, a great/many/good number of, a few /few, quite a few, a /the majority of, many, a minority of, several, fewer/ the fewest
Only used with uncountable nouns:
Much, a little /little, quite a little, less/the least, a small amount of, a great /large/waste quantity of, a bit of, a drop of, a large quantity of, a great/good deal of
Used with both plurals and uncountable nouns:
Some, any, no, all, hardly any, enough, half (of the), a lot (of), lots of, more, most, none (of the), the other, part of the, plenty of, the rest of the
Used with singular countable nouns:
all (of) the, another, any (of the), each, either, every, half (of) the, neither, no, none of the, the other, some of the, a /the whole (of the)
A lot of / Lots of
A lot (of), lots of (many), plenty of (many of) are often used in affirmative sentences with both uncountable and plural nouns.
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