Expressions of quantity used with count and noncount nouns

Introduction

Expressions of quantity tell us how many or how much of something there is.(e.g., one, several, many, much)

The use of Expressions of quantity

Some expressions of quantity are used: 

• only with count nouns  
• some only with noncount noun
• some with both count or noncount nouns.

EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY	USED WITH COUNT NOUNS	USED WITH NONCOUNT NOUNS
one each every	one apple each apple every apple	0 0 0
two both a couple of three, etc. a few several many a number of	two apples both apples a couple of apples three apples a few apples several apples many apples a number of apples	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
a little much a great deal of	0 0 0	a little rice much rice a great deal of rice
not any/no some a lot of lots of plenty of most all	not any/no apples some apples a lot of apples lots of apples plenty of apples most apples all apples	not any/ no rice some rice a lot of rice lots of rice plenty of rice most rice all rice