Adjectives

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72. "Few" and "little".

"Few" - before count nouns; "little" - before non-count nouns.

 few books;

little literature.

 

73. "Many" and "much".

"many" - before count nouns; "much" - before non-count nouns.

 many books;

much literature.

 

74. "A little" and "little"; (non-count)

"A few" and "few". (count, plur.)

 Remember this story in English:

There were two men. Each man had half a cup of happiness.

One man said: "How sad! I have LITTLE happiness". The other man

said: "How wonderful! I have A LITTLE happiness".

The difference between "little" an "a little" is the point of view. "Little" or "few" means 'not a lot', "A little" or "a few" means 'some'

 A little/little time; (non-count)

A few/few mistakes; (count plur.)

 

75. "Only a little" (non-count) and "only a few" (count, plur.).

Only a little time; (non-count)

Only a few mistakes; (count plur.)

Don't use "few" or "little" without "a" after "only"

 

76. "A large (small) amount of" (non-count) and "a large (small) number of" (count, plur.).

 a large (small) amount of literature (non-count)

a large (small) number of books (count, plur.).

 

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