①修飾可數(shù)名詞：many,a large number of,many a,
②修飾不可數(shù)名詞：much,a great deal of,
③既修飾可數(shù)名詞又可以修飾不可數(shù)名詞：a large quantity of,lots of ,plenty of,
等等.具體規(guī)則如下：
修飾可數(shù)名詞.表示“許多”的詞和詞組有：many,a great／good many,a great／large／small number of,scores of,dozens of.eg:
There are many people in the park．公園里有許多人.
I'm quite busy；I have a great many things to do．我非常忙,我有很多事情要做.
She bought dozens of eggs yesterday morning．她昨天上午買了許多雞蛋.
I have heard that scores of times．那件事我已聽過很多遍了.
注意：1．many用作代詞,表示“許多人,許多”的意思.
Many of them have left for the countryside．他們中有許多人到農(nóng)村去了.
2．Many a／an也表示“很多的,許多的”的意思,后接可數(shù)名詞單數(shù),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式.
Many a young man wants to speak English．許多年輕人想說(shuō)英語(yǔ).
3．a(chǎn) great／good many用作代詞,表示“很多東西／人”的意思.
A great many of them are out of work．他們中的很多人失業(yè)了.
4．the number of．．．表示“．．．的數(shù)目”’謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式.
The number of books missing from the school library is large．學(xué)校圖書館丟失書的數(shù)目很大.
二、修飾不可數(shù)名詞.表示“許多”的詞和詞組有：much,a great／good deal of,a large／small amount of.
There is a great deal of snow on the ground．地面上有很多雪.
I have spent a good deal of time／money on stamp collecting．我在集郵上花費(fèi)了很多時(shí)間／錢.
A million dollars is a large amount of money to me．100萬(wàn)美元對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)是一筆錢.
There is only a small amount of food．只有一點(diǎn)食物.
注意：1．much用作代詞,表示“許多,大量”的意思.
I couldn't write much into day's exam．在今天的考試中我沒答出多少.
2．a(chǎn) great／good deal用作代詞,表示“很多,大量”的意思.
He ate a great deal．他吃了很多.
3．a(chǎn) great／good deal用作副詞,作狀語(yǔ),修飾形容詞,特別是形容詞比較級(jí),意思是“非常,．．．得多”；也可修飾動(dòng)詞,意思是“很多”.
He ran a good deal faster than I.他跑得比我快得多.
“Do you walk much?”“Yes,a good deal．”“你常步行嗎?”“是的,次數(shù)很多.”
4．the amount of．．．作主語(yǔ)時(shí),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式.
The amount of money spent on the bridge was large．這座橋耗資巨大.
5．1arge amounts of．．．作主語(yǔ)時(shí),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞要用復(fù)數(shù)形式.
Large amounts of money were spent on the bridge．建這座橋花費(fèi)了大量資金.
三、修飾可數(shù)名詞,也可修飾不可數(shù)名詞.表示“許多”的詞組有；a lot of,lots of,plenty of,a great／1arge／small quantity of,
A lot of／Lots of people went swimming yesterday．昨天很多人去游泳.
A lot of／Lots of work is to be done this week．本周將有許多工作要做.
We have plenty of cakes．Take some more．我們有很多蛋糕,多吃些吧!
Don't hurry．There is plenty of time．不用急,還有充足的時(shí)間.
注意：1．a(chǎn) lot用作名詞,表示“很多,多數(shù)”的意思.
He knew a lot about it.關(guān)于那件事他知道得很多.
2．a(chǎn) lot用作副詞,修飾形容詞和動(dòng)詞,表示“非常,相當(dāng)”的意思.
He is feeling a lot better today．他今天感覺好多了.
I like him quite a lot．我非常喜歡他.
She laughed a lot．她笑得很厲害.
3,plenty of只用于肯定句,在疑問句或否定句中一般用enough表示“足夠”.
Do you have enough time?你的時(shí)間夠用嗎?
They don't have enough time．他們沒有足夠的時(shí)間.
4,a large(great,small)quantity of后面跟不可數(shù)名詞,亦可跟可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù).跟不可數(shù)名詞時(shí),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞要用單數(shù)形式；跟可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù)時(shí),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞要用復(fù)數(shù)形式.
A small quantity of water is needed．需要少量的水.
There are a large quantity of flowers in the garden．庭園里有很多花.
5．great／large quantities of無(wú)論跟不可數(shù)名詞,還是跟可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞都要用復(fù)數(shù)形式.
Large quantities of food were on the table．桌子上有很多食物.