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Quantifiers
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caraina_22
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Quantifiers
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Can anyone help me, please? Some students wrote sentences using quantifiers. I would like to have your opinion.
We�ll have to do this quickly because we haven�t got a lot of time.
Have you got any money on you? Yes, but not a lot because I haven�t been to the bank yet.
In both cases I would�ve written MUCH but why? Are the ones above incorrect?
A LOT is used only in positive statements?
And this one?
I usually read a lot of magazines, but not a lot of books.
Thanks for your help!!!!!
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20 May 2009
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willkei
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A lot can be use in negative �statements. I think that those sentences are correct.
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20 May 2009
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gk25
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Hello! I also think that those sentences are correct. "A lot of", or "lots of" can be used for countable and uncountable nouns. For example: a lot of traffic, a lot of magazines, a lot of study, etc. |
20 May 2009
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Ivona
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I know that �a lot of � is mainly used in affirmative sentences, and much and many in negative (that �s what grammars and course books say). It sounds better to me to say "we haven�t got much of time" than "a lot" ...
Let �s wait for a native ...
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20 May 2009
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Spagman63
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I haven �t got A LOT to say. lol Yes, those sentences are correct. �I haven �t got a lot of money=I haven �t got/don �t have much money. � I see no problem with them. If it is informal speech then it is fine.
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20 May 2009
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caraina_22
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Thanks to everybody!! As I said before, I would use MUCH. Maybe they can be used in informal speech but I don�t know if there is a grammatical explanation to it.... at least I couldn�t find any.
Thanks again!!! Have a nice day ;.) |
20 May 2009
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caraina_22
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Thanks to everybody!! As I said before, I would use MUCH. Maybe they can be used in informal speech but I don�t know if there is a grammatical explanation to it.... at least I couldn�t find any.
Thanks again!!! Have a nice day ;.) |
20 May 2009
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Carla Horne
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Spagman is right about it being informal Engish; but when writing a formal essay, they should write much and many. Actually, the more specific you can be the better the essay.
I hope this helps.
Carla |
20 May 2009
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mendiv
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"A lot of" is definitely informal. Most teachers ban using the phrase in writing to encourage students to find better words. You can use it with just about anything. It �s interchangeable with "much" or "many". You need to watch out for using "of" with "much" or "many".
I haven �t got a lot of time. I haven �t got much time.
I have a lot of books. I have many books.
Here �s an odd one:
Do you have very much pink paint left?
Yes, I have a lot of it. (I wouldn �t say "I have very much of it.")
No, I don �t have much left. -or- No, I don �t have a lot left.
Uh-oh, I think I �m seeing the native in me come out here. I hadn �t thought of a rule for using this with negative vs. positive sentences. Sometimes I just know if it �s right or not, not why.
Hope I didn �t make this worse!
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20 May 2009
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caraina_22
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THANK U VERY MUCH, hornec and mendiv!!!!! |
20 May 2009
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