Apuntes de inglés/English notes

Blog destinado a recopilar el máximo de apuntes de inglés e intentar ordenarlos de la manera más útil posible...

Blog destined to compile as much English notes and trying to order by the most useful way possible...

By Raül Montejano Gutiérrez; Twitter @raulmontejanogu

domingo, 26 de febrero de 2012

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Large quantities
Use a lot of / lots of in (+) sentences
They have a lot of books.
She has lots of friends.
Use a lot when there is no noun. He studies a lot.
Much / many are normally used  in (-) sentences and (?), but a lot of can also be used.
There aren't many cafés near here.
Do you watch much TV?
Use plenty of in (+) sentences to mean as much as we need or more.
Don't run. We have plenty of time.

Small quantities
Use little + uncountable nouns, few + plural countable nouns.
Do you want some ice cream? Just a little.
The town only has a few cinemas.
A little and a few = some, but not a lot,
Very little and very few = not much / many.
Hurry up. We have very little time.
I have very few close friends.

Zero quantity
Use any for zero quantity with a (-) verb. Use no with a (+) verb.
There isn't any room in the car.
There's no room in the car.
Use none (without a noun) in short answers.
How much money do you have? None.

More than you need or want / less than you need
Use too + adjective, too much + uncountable nou, too many + plural countable nouns.
There's too much traffic.
Use enough before a noun but after an adjective.
There aren't enough pubs.

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