名词知识讲解什么词可以修饰可数什么可以修饰不可数名词
1.some和any的用法:
(1)两者修饰可数单数名词,表某一个;任何一个,任何;修饰可数复数名词和不可数名词,表一些;一些,任何。
〔2)一般的用法:some用于肯定句;any用于疑问句,否定句或条件句。
I am looking for some matches.
Do you have any matches? I do not have any matches.
(3)特殊的用法:
(A) 在期望对方肯定的回答时,问句也用some。
Will you lend me some money? (=Please lend me some money.)
(B) any表任何或任何一个时,也可用于肯定句,此时只能接可数名词单数。
Come any day you like.
(4)some和any后没有名词时,当做代名词,此外两者也可做副词。
Some of them are my students.〔代名词)
Is your mother any better?(副词)
2. many和much的用法:
(1)many修饰复数可数名词,表许多;much修饰不可数名词,表量或程度,意思:许多;大量的;很大程度的。
He has many friends, but few true ones.
There hasn't been much good weather recently.
(2)many a:
many a和many同义,但语气比较强,并且要与单数名词及单数形动词连用。
Many a prisoner has been set free. (=Many prisoners have been set free.)
(3)as many和so many均等于the same number of。
前有as, like时, 只用so many。
These are not all the books I have. These are as many more upstairs.
They worked like so many ants.
(4)as much等于the same amount of, 表同量和同一事情。
He bought two pounds of sugar and as much tea. 〔同量)
I was not in the least surprised, for I had fully expected as much. 〔同一事情)
(5)many和much之后不接名词时,作为代名词;另外much也可用副词。
Many of them were very tired.
I don't eat much for lunch. 〔代名词)
He is much taller than I. (副词〕
3. (a) few和(a) little的用法:
(1) (a) few用在复数可数名词之前,(a) little用在不可数名词之前。
He took a few biscuits. (=several)-----一些;几个
He took few biscuits(=not many)------很少的;几乎没有的
He took a little butter. (=some)------一点儿,少量
He took little butter. (=not much)------很少的;几乎没有的
(2) few可由hardly any或almost no所取代,含否定的意味。
The composition is well written; it has few (=hardly any) mistakes.
Few (=Almost no) men can solve it.
(3) a few相当于some, several, 含肯定的意味。
He has a few (=some or several) friends.
(4) a little和little之间的差别,就和a few和few的差别一样,只是(a) little须修饰不可数名词,表量或程度。
He grows worse; there is little hope of his recovery.
He is not much better, but there is a little hope.
4. 其他的数量形容词:
(1) plenty of, a lot of, lots of均表许多,修饰复数可数名词或不可数名词。
The room contained plenty of (or a lot of or lots of) students.(复数名词)
The room contained plenty of (or a lot of or lots of) furniture.(不可数名词)
(2) a great (or a good) deal of, a large (or a small) quantity of, a large (or a small) amount of, 均表(量),修饰不可数名词。
The room contained a great deal of furniture. (不可数名词)
The room contained a good deal of furniture. (不可数名词)
The room contained a large quantity of furniture. (不可数名词)
The room contained a large amount of furniture. (不可数名词)
The room contained a small quantity of furniture. (不可数名词)
The room contained a small amount of furniture. (不可数名词)
(3) a number of “许多;一些”;a great (large, good) number of “许多”,修饰复数可数名词,并且要与复数动词连用。
A number of books are missing from the library.
The number of books from the library is large.
(the number of +复数名词←→单数动词)------sth的数量..
The room contained a great (or large or good) number of students.(复数可数名词)
(4) enough的用法:---------意思:足够的
(A) 可接复数可数名词和不可数名词。
There are enough chairs. (可数)
There is enough furniture. (不可数)
(B) 可放在被修饰名词的前后。
We don't have enough time. =We don't have time enough.
(5) hundreds of, dozens of, thousands of, scores of +复数可数名词
冠词或数词(one, two...) +(hundred, dozen, thousand, score) +复数可数名词
例如:two hundred people
注意:1. hundreds of people 成百上千的人们
此处的hundres of是一个大概的数量,表明people的数量在百以上。
2. two hundred of people是一个错误的短语,可以改成:
1)two hundred people 两百个人们
two hundred是一个精确的数字
2)two hundred of the people 人们中的两百个
of后面的people必须是特指,所以people前面必须加上定冠词the
(6)the rest of “其余的”,可接复数可数名词及不可数名词,作主词时,接可数名词则用复数动词,接不可数名词则用单数动词。
The rest of the students are absent. (复数可数名词)
The rest of the water was thrown away. 不可数名词)
注:the rest作代名词,等于the others,和复数动词连用。
附加:people是可数,做主语的时候谓语用复数形式。
但people本身是集合名词,也就是说不需要后面加s。
以上是people在作“人,人们”讲的时候。
people还可以表示民族或一国的所有人,这时,其原形是单数,如a people,复数时要加s。
sport和food通常为不可数,作主语时谓语用单数形式。
但如果后面加了s,则sports表示运动会,foods强调不一样的多种食品。