Determiners and quantifiers_C1

Determiners and quantifiers

C1 Level

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ALL / WHOLE

WHATEVER / ANYTHING

NOT A / NOT ANY / NO / NONE OF

MANY / MUCH / SEVERAL

A LOT OF / LOTS OF / A GREAT DEAL OF / PLENTY OF

EACH / EVERY

A FEW / FEW

A LOT / A GREAT DEAL

A LITTLE / LITTLE

BOTH / BOTH OF / NEITHER / EITHER

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ALL / WHOLE

ALL / WHOLE

We use all and whole to refer to a total number or complete set of things in a group.

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We often use all and the whole with of the.

We use the whole (of) to refer to complete single things and events.

When you split up things into parts, we use whole or all.

We use the whole of with periods of time to focus on duration.

When we use whole with plural nouns, it means 'complete' or 'entire'.

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ANY / WHATEVER

Not a / not any / no / none of

Whatever / anything

Any doesn't have a negative meaning on its own. It must be used with a negative word to mean the same as 'no'.

We use whatever and anything to mean 'anything I choose'.

I'll eat whatever/anything I want to eat.

There aren't any cakes left.The children have eaten them all.

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EACH / EVERY

EACH / EVERY

We use the quantifiers each and every with singular nouns to mean 'all'.

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We often use every instead of each to talk about times like days, weeks and years.

We use each when we are only talking about all of two options, meaning the same as both.

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FEW / LITTLE

A few / few

A little / little

A little: some, a small amount. Little: not much, almost nothing.

A few: a small number of.Few: not many.

I have a few ideas (= I have some ideas)I have few ideas (= I don't have many ideas)

She saves a little money every month.They had little money to spend (not much/almost nothing).

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MANY / MUCH / SEVERAL

Many / much / several

We use much with singular uncountable nouns and many or several with plural nouns.

We usually use much and many with questions and negatives.

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A LOT / BOTH

A lot of / lots of / a great deal of / plenty of

A lot / a great deal

Both / both of / either / neither

We can use a lot and a great deal as adverbs, meaning that they modify the verb, not a noun.

If we are talking about two people or things, we use these quantifiers.

These suggest a large quantity or degree of something.

Both (of) the supermarkets were closed.Neither of the supermarkets was open.

I'm feeling a great deal better, after the holiday.Plenty of young people have recently become vegans.

He talks a lot but never really says anything important.

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