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ARTICLES AND

QUANTIFIERS
Articles
A/AN
We use the indefinite article a/an:
-when we say what something is or what it is like.
There is a supermarket in Adam street.
-when we say what somebody’s job is.
His dad is a teacher.
-when we mention something for the first time.
We have a cat and a dog.
-when we mean any example of something.
Is there a bank near here?
-to mean per or for each.
Take this pill three times a day.
THE
We use the definite article:
-when it is clear what we are talking about because we’ve already
mentioned it or it’s clear from the situation
I’ve got a cat and a dog. The cat is old, but the dog is just a puppy.
I’ll meet you at the library at 6.
-when there is only one of something
the Sun; the Queen; the Government
-with most nationality words
The Italians have a reputation for being friendly.
-with the names of rivers, mountains, deserts and seas
the Nile; the Antlantic
-with a few countries and most groups of islands
the UK; the USA; the Philippines
-in various set phrases:
listen to the radio/the news, play the violin/piano
-with an adjective to refer to everybody who has that characteristic
the rich; the young
NO ARTICLE
-for generalisations
I like pizza.; Fruit is good for you.
-with most countries, continents, towns, lakes and mountains
I traveled to France last year.
-with some nouns following a preposition
at/to work, at home, at night, by bus/car, in bed
-with meals
I had lunch with John.
SOME and ANY
We use SOME in affirmative sentences and offers, and ANY in negative
sentences and questions
I’d like some sugar; Is there any sugar left?; I didn’t buy any
apples
We use ANY in affirmative sentences:
-with uncountable and plural nouns where the meaning is
negative
There is seldom any snow in the south of France
-to mean „it doesn’t matter which”
You can ask for my help any time.

NO- meaning „not any” when we want to be emphatic


No money was available for the operation.
- (a)FEW is used with plural nouns, and (a) LITTLE with uncountable nouns.
We stayed a few days in Florence and visited the museums.
She drank some tea and ate a little bread.
-we use FEW/LITTLE instead to emphasise the smallness of the number or
quantity
He has little money and few friends
WHOLE is used with singular countable nouns, and ALL with plural and
uncountable nouns
He ate the whole packet of biscuits
BUT
He ate all the biscuits in the packet
BOTH, EITHER and NEITHER are used to talk about two things
Both/Neither countries are very hospitable.
You can find great museums in either country.
Most quantifiers can be followed by OF and a determiner (the,
these,my...):
most of the..., a few of my..., several of those..., all of us, each of
them, many of, etc.
BUT
NO and EVERY cannot be followed by OF. We say NONE OF and EVERY
ONE OF instead. (NONE OF takes a singular verb in formal context)
None of/Every one of these apples are rotten.

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