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英語中有許多詞語可用來表示「許多」,根據性質可分為三大類.
1) 修飾可數名詞複數形式的有 many,a good/great many,quite a few,a large (或great)/small number of 等,其後的謂語動詞用複數形式.如:
①A great/good many words and expressions have come into the language from American English.美國英語中的許多單詞和短語進入了這門語言.
②Many have come to visit the old temple.許多人來是為了看看古廟.
③Quite a few people didn\'t understand this.Very few would accept it.
有許多人不明白這一點.很少有人願意接受.
④A great/small number of new factories have been set up in my hometown.
我們家鄉建立了許多新的工廠.
▲many和few,a few在句中可作定語、主語,但不能作表語.如只能說I have many/few books,而不能說 My books are many/few.
▲very many相當於a great/good many,在程度上比many要強.
▲a number of修飾主語時,謂語動詞用複數形式,the number of…作主語時,謂語動詞用單數.如:
⑤A number of students have done the work well.許多學生作業做得很好.
⑥The number of the students in our school has risen this year.
今年我們學校學生的數量上升了.
句⑤的 A number of 作定語修飾主語 students.句⑥的介語短語 of the students in our school 作定語,修飾前面的主語 the number,表示特指,students 前的冠詞the不能省.
2) 修飾不可數名詞的有much,a great deal of,quite a little,an amount of 等.其後的謂語動詞用單數形式.如:
①He has spent much/quite a little/a great deal of/a large amount of money on his new house.他在新房子上花費了許多錢.
②Much/A great deal/Quite a little has been done to stop the noise.
已採取了許多措施來制止汙染.
▲much,a great deal和 many一樣,可作定語或主語,而不能作表語,我們一般說 He has much/a great deal of money,而不說 His money is much(或a great deal).
▲a great deal後面不接名詞時,不能用介詞of.
3)既能修飾可數名詞,又能修飾不可數名詞的有 a lot of,lots of,plenty of,a great quantity of等,謂語動詞根據主語是可數或不可數決定單複數形式.如:
①There are a lot of/lots of people in that room.那個房間裡有許多人.
②There's a lot of/lots of rice in the bag.那隻口袋裡有許多大米.
③They don't have plenty of(=enough)rooms to live in/food to eat.
他們沒有足夠的房間住/沒有足夠的食品吃.