What are quantifiers?

A quantifier is a word or phrase which is used before a noun to indicate the amount or quantity:
'Some', 'many', 'a lot of' and 'a few' are examples of quantifiers.

Quantifiers can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns.

Examples:

There are some books on the desk
He's got only a few dollars.
How much money have you got?
There is a large quantity of fish in this river.
He's got more friends than his sister.

Examples of quantifiers

With Uncountable Nouns

• much
• a little/little/very little *
• a bit (of)
• a great deal of
• a large amount of
• a large quantity of

With Both

• all
• enough
• more/most
• less/least
• no/none
• not any
• some
• any
• a lot of
• lots of
• plenty of

With Countable Nouns

• many
• a few/few/very few **
• a number (of)
• several
• a large number of
• a great number of
• a majority of