Determiners/Quantity
Expressioins
Determiners/Quantity
expression are other words which can be used with countable and uncountable nouns
to shows quantity.
Some
and Any
In general, some (
also somebody/ someone/ something) is used in possive sentence and any
( also anybody, anyone, anything) in negative
sentence. Both can be used for countable or uncountable nouns.
SOME ( in
positive sentence)
1. We
bought some flowers yesterday
2. He is busy. He is got some work to do.
3. There
is somebody at the door.
4. I am hungry.
I want something to eat.
ANY ( in
negative sentences)
1. We did
not buy any flowers yesterday
2. He is
lazy. He never does any work
3. There is
not anybody at the work.
4. I am
not hungry. I do not want anything to eat.
Further
explanation:
In most question,ANY is used
and SOME is used if a positive answer is expected.
1.
Have you got any
news from her? No,i haven’t
2.
Has anybody
seen my bag? Yes,it’s under
the table
MANY and MUCH (=banyak)
MANY is
used for countable nouns ( plural) nad MUCH is for uncountable nouns.
MANY
1. I have many good books
2. Andy
helped many friends yesterday
3. Will
you give me many apples?
MUCH
1. I need much money repair this car.
2. She
didn’t take much sugar from this jar.
3. They
drank much coffee last night.
MANY
and MUCH = a lot of/ lots of can be used for countable or uncountable
nouns.
1. I will
buy a lot of English books.James drank a lot of
beer yesterday night
Many Much
2. There
are a lot of student in the room. He
spends a lot of sugar every day.
Many Much
Note:
MANY
and MUCH is usually used in negative sentence an question and A LOT OF is more
usual in positive sentence.
1. We didn’t spend much money.
A lot of
2. Do you know many people.
A lot of
Instead of MANY and
MUCH, A LOT OF is more usual in positive sentence.
Example:
We
spent a lot of money. ( NOT USUAL : We spent much money.)
FEW/ A
FEW and LITTLE/ A LITTLE (=sedikit)
FEW/ A FEW and LITTLE/ A LITTLE is used for uncountable
nouns.
FEW/LITTLE
(without ‘a’) has negative ideas (= not much/not many)
1. We must be quick. There is little time. (not much/not enough time. (not much/not
enough time)
2. He
isn’t popular. He has few friends.(=not many,not enough friend)
3. There
is very little time.
4. He has very few friends.
A FEW /
A LITTLE are more positive. A
little =some, a small amount
A
few = some , a small number
1. Let’s
have a drink. We have got a little
time before the train leaves.
(a little time= some time,
enough time to have a drink)
2. I can
speak English a little .( so we can
talk a bit)
3. I enjoy
my life here. I have a few friends and we often meet.
(a few friends= not many friends but enough
to have a good time)
4. When did you see Bob last time? A few days
ago. (= some days ago)
Compare:
5. He
spoken little English, so it was diffult
to communicate with him.
6. He spoken
a little English,so it we were able
to communicate with him.
7. Jane is
lucky. She has a few problems. (=not
many problems)
8. Things
are not going so well for her. She has few
problems.(= some problems).
