Quantifiers

In English grammar, a quantifier is a word (or phrase) which indicates the number or amount being
referred to. It generally comes before the noun (or noun phrase). The chart below shows which type
of noun goes with which quantifier.

Singular Plural Uncountable

Quantifier
nouns (C) nouns (C) nouns (U)
all – Yes Yes
any No, but see note. Yes Yes
both * Yes *
each Yes – –
enough – Yes Yes
every Yes – –
few/a few/fewer – Yes –
little/a little/less – – Yes
lots of / a lot of – Yes Yes
many – Yes –
more – Yes Yes
no Yes Yes Yes
several – Yes –
some – Yes Yes
 ok
it cost a lot to repair the car
ok
a lot of luggage
ok
I dont know many/a lot of people in this town
ok
He travels a lot

plenty of money.
plenty of room
plenty to learn
is plenty to see
There are plenty of hotels

little not much time

many
few
little
many
little
much
few

uncountable countable and plural

little English -
a little English +
a little few problems = not many +
a few a few problems = some -
few
little
a little
little
a little
a few
a little
 all/none/some + of + these/that/them etc

-
of
-
-
of
of
of/-
-
-
of

free
of my spare time
accidents
of the buildings
of her friends.
of the population

birds
of the players
of her ideas.
European countries
of my dinner

the time.
my friends
of them
the desserts
of the materials

All of them
none of us
none if it
none of them
some of them
all of them
none of it
 ningún
cualquiera
ninguno

ambos
ninguno
cualquiera

ninguno de los

ni Chris ni Aul
ni ni
ni ni
o o
o o
bicondicional o 0

cualquiera cualquiera
especific general

ninguno ninguno
ambos todos
specific general
 Neither

both
Either
Neither
both

either
both
Neither of

neither both
both of
both

neither of them
both of them.
Neither of us
neither of them
}

was both, boring and long.

Neither Joe nor Sam has a car

Emily speaks both, German and Russian.

neither watches Tv nor reads newpapers

IS either Richard or Robert

neither the time nor the money to go on holiday

can leave either today or tomorrow.

either
any
none
any
either
neither