QUANTIFIERS: ALL, EVERY, BOTH, NEITHER, EITHER.

ALL, EVERY, MOST

1. We use all or all (of) the +

 All animals need food.

 All fruit contains sugar.
 All (of) the animals in this zoo look sad.
 The animals all look sad.

2. We use everything/everybody +

 Everybody has been affected by COVID in different ways.

 Everything is very expensive nowadays.

3. We use most to say the majority

 Most people live in cities.

 Most of the people in this class are adults.

4. We often use all/most of +

 All of us work hard and most of us come to class everyday.

5. Use every + _________ to mean “all of a group”.

 Every room has windows.

 I work every Saturday.

NO, NONE, ANY

1. We use no + _____ after a positive verb OR any + _________ after a negative verb, to refer
to zero quantity.

 A: Is there any milk?

B: Sorry there’s no milk.
(answer with any)

2. We use none in short answers or with a positive verb to refer to zero quantity. You can also
use none + of + pronoun/noun.

 A: Is there any food?

B: No, none. / There’s none. But none of us are hungry.
3. We use any (and anything, anyone, etc.) and a positive verb to mean “it doesn’t matter what,
who, etc.”
  You can come any weekend.
 Anyone can come to the party.

BOTH, NEITHER, EITHER

1. We use a positive verb with both and neither. With both we use a plural verb, and singular or
plural with neither.

 Marie Curie was a scientist. Pierre Curie was a scientist.

 Both

 Marie wasn’t aware of the dangers of radiation. Pierre wasn’t aware of the dangers of
radiation.
 Neither

 Marie Curie had two options, to study physics or mathematics.

 Marie Curie wanted to study either

 In the end she studied physics and mathematics at the Sorbonne in Paris.
 Both..

2. When both refers to the subject of a clause, it can also be used after a main verb BUT after
be.

 She won a Nobel Prize. Her husband won a Nobel Proze

 She and her husband

 Pierre was interested in radium. Marie was interested in radium.

 Pierre and Marie

3. We often use both / either / neither + of + object pronoun

 Marie didn’t realize how dangerous radium was. Pierre didn’t realize how dangerous
radium was.
 Neither