|  |  | 1.many, much, (a) few, (a) little a. many, (a) few 只用于可数名词前,much, (a) little 只用于不可数名词前,如:
 many (a few, few) books
 much (a little, little) water
    b. many 和much 主要用在否定句和疑问句中,但它们前面加too 或so时就多用在肯定句中,如:We didn't spend much money.
 How many books do you have?
 You made too (so) many mistakes.
    c. a few (= several) 和a little (= some) 含肯定意义;few (= not many) 和little (= not much)含否定意义。
   2.英语中有不少由"a (two, three, …) + 单位词 + of "构成的短语,用来表示:a. 数量,如:
 a piece (bit) of paper (news)
 plenty (a lot, lots) of students (furniture)
 a great (good) deal of money
 a large (small) amount (quantity) of money
 a great (large, good) number of boys
    b. 容积、重量,如:a bag of rice a bottle of wine
 a bowl of soup a kilogram of sugar
 two spoonfuls of salt
    c. 形状,如:a ball of string a bar of chocolate
 a cake of soap a slice of bread (meat)
 two heads of cattle
    d. 成双成群,如:a pair of shoes a couple of people
 a flock of birds a swarm of bees
 a gang of thieves
 
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