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在日常谈话中，通常避免在肯定句中使用much 和 many，而用别的数量词。口语中用得最多的表示“许多”的数量词是 a lot of，它既可以与复数可数名词连用也可以与不可数名词连用，后面的动词用单数还是复数取决于名词。比 a lot of 正式一些的表达方式有：
- a great/good deal of + 不可数名词
- a great/good/large number of + 复数名词
- a great/good many of + 复数名词。
| 词组 | 说明 | 修饰名词 | 例句 |
|---|---|---|---|
| much | 许多，大量 | 修饰或指代不可数名词 | There isn't much I can do to help him.（指代） |
| a great deal (of...) | there was a great deal of excitement just before it began. | ||
| a lot (of...) | That's a lot of money. | ||
| a lot (of...) | 修饰域指代可数名词 | We need a lot of things this week. | |
| many | Many of our products are sold overseas.(修饰名词) | ||
| a great many (of...) | He has sent a great many requests for spare parts. | ||
| a great number (of...) | he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia. | ||
| a little | 有一点(肯定) | 修饰或指代不可数名词 | There isn't much whisky, but you can have a little. |
| little | 没多点了(否定) | There is little I can do to help him. | |
| a few | 有几个(肯定) | 修饰域指代可数名词 | There aren't many apples, but you can pick a few. |
| few | 不剩几个了(否定) | There were few people in the shop. |
litte 和 few 在口语中多用 not much，not many 代替：
- There isn’t much sugar/aren’t many sweets, but you can have a little/few.
在 what 引导的感叹句中不用 much / many：
- What a lot of sweets Tom’s bought!
- I am less lucky. 我还不如他们幸运.
- more exciting 更激动 = not less exciting.