2017年卫生类职称英语考试语法学习：量词的使用

由于英语中名词分可数与不可数，量词的使用也有区别：

修饰可数名词

（a） few / fewer / fewest

many / more / most

a great （good） many

many a

a number of

the number of

既可修饰可数名词 也可修饰不可数名词

a lot of / lots of

plenty of （time， money， people）

修饰不可数名词

（a） little / less / least

much / more / most

a great （good） deal of

an amount of / amounts of

the amount of

量词使用中应注意的几个问题：

1） 分清可数名词和不可数名词是前提；

2） 不要把量词的形式搞混淆了：下面哪个表达形式是对的？

A. A lot students have come back from the summer holiday.

B. A few of the students have come back from the summer holiday.

C. A great many of students have come back from the summer holiday.

D. Many a student has have come back from the summer holiday.

E. The number of students have come back from the summer holiday.

F. A number of students have come back from the summer holiday.

以上六个表达方式中只有F 是对的。为什么？

A. a lot students → a lot of students

B. a few of the students → a few students

C. a great many of students → a great many students

D. Many a student has come back from the summer holiday.

E. The number of 表示数目，如：The number of the students in our class is 50.

A number of 表示“一些”，“不少”，认真对比一下，看出问题来了吗？

问多少钱、多少重量时用：How much…？问距离时用：How far is it from…to…？