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E. Quantity words

Some quantity words can he used only with uncountable nouns, with countable singular nouns, or with countable plural nouns. Others can be used with both uncountable nouns and countable plural nouns. Refer to the following chart for correct usage.

Note the difference between few and a few, little and a little. Few and little have a negative connotation and mean hardly any or almost no. A few and it little are positive and mean some.

She has few friends. She has a few friends.

The difference between few and a few means that the two sentences above must be continued in different ways.

She has few friends, so she stays home most weekends.

She has a few friends, so she often goes out with them on weekends.

Use not with any. Use no and none alone.

Where are the screwdrivers? I don't have аnу. I have no screwdrivers. I have none.

In standard English, do not use two negative expressions in a clause,

He doesn't have no toots. He doesn't have none.

Task 4. The student who wrote the following paragraph made mistakes with nouns, plurals, and quantity words. Correct the errors.

My best Friend and I wanted to take another trips to Europe and africa, but we didn't have many money. When I saw my two ancient Suitcase, I knew it was lime to buy some new luggages. I looked in the windows of all the store in the center of Town. But all I saw was clothing. I tried on three dress, but і didn't buy one. At last. I saw a wonderful bag made of spanish leather, but it was very 'expensive and I didn't have no money. I decided to go shopping other day.

Task 5. Identify the sentences with a mistake and correct it.

1. A number of U.S. lecturers comes to our University next week.

2. Critically he studied the article on transgenic food products.

3. As the annual report of the Mesa Garden states, these cactuses grow exclusively in the northern parts of Mexico.

4. Either the journalist or the witness know the truth about this mysterious event.

5. Elaborated will be in this paper the model of corrosive destruction of metals under lacquer-paint coatings.

6. The teacher asked the students if they knew the health effects of insecticides.

7. The premises of the library is cleaned every day.

8. Twenty dollars are not enough to buy this book.

9. Many mathematical symposiums are held in Europe every year.

10. Bile acids contains significant amounts of cholesterol.

11. This extremely interesting new Ukrainian historical novel has been favorably reviewed.

12. In no ease the work on the project will be terminated.

This + Summary Word

A good way to maintain flow is to use this/these + a noun to join ideas together, e.g.: English language instructors know that students need to understand the difference between formal and informal language. However, this understanding cannot usually be acquired quickly.

What does this understanding refer to?

Task 6. Complete the following.

1. According to a recent survey, 26% of all American adults, down from 38% thirty years ago, now smoke. This ___________ can be partly attributed to the mounting evidence linking smoking and cancer.